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Kraków's historic centre was included as the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.

Kraków
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Kraków

Poland

Country
Poland
Population
800.7K
Coordinates
50.06, 19.95
353rd most populous city in the world

Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 (2023), with 1,428,363 people living in the Kraków metropolitan area.

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Photo: Andrzej Otrębski · CC BY-SA 4.0