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Encyclopedia > Mokotów
Mokotów
Area 35,42 km²
Population (2003) 221 000
Population density 6239,4
Mayor Ewa Węgłowska
Notable landmarks Polish Radio and Television, Pole Mokotowskie, School of Economics, Rakowiecka Street Prison
Website (http://www.mokotow.waw.pl/)


Mokotow (pol. Mokotów) is one of the boroughs of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Polish Radio and Television (Polish: Polskie Radio i Telewizja) is a public-service broadcaster in Poland. ... Pola Mokotowskie (sometimes the singular form Pole Mokotowskie is used) is a big park in Warsaw. ... Warsaw School of Economics (; in years 1949-1989 SGPiS - Szkoła Główna Planowania i Statystyki). ... Mokotów Prison (Polish Więzienie mokotowskie, otherwise known as Rakowiecka Prison) is a prison in Warsaws borough of Mokotów, located on Rakowiecka street 37. ... Warsaw ( Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and...


The borough is densely populated. It is a seat to many foreign embassies and companies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialized (Służewiec Przemysłowy), while the majority is full of parks and green areas. Służewiec Przemysłowy (literally Industrial Służewiec) is one of the areas in the borrough of Mokotów in Warsaw. ...


Although the area has been populated at least since the early Middle Ages, it was not until early 1916 when Mokotów was incorporated into Warsaw. The name of the area comes from the name of an earlier village Mon Coteau (French for My Village). Most of the area was urbanized in late 1920s and 1930s. The area survived World War II and the events of the Warsaw Uprising quite well and is one of the few well-preserved areas of Warsaw nowadays. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was a controversial armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. ...




 

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