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Do you know that..
- Wroclaw is the largest city in western Poland.
- It is on the River Oder, 350 kilometres from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres from the Sudeten Mountains to the south.
- It is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia.
- The city became part of Poland in 1945, as a result of the border changes after the Second World War.
- The population of Wrocław in 2014 was 634,487, making it the fourth-largest city in Poland.
- In 2016, the city will be the European Capital of Culture and the World Book Capital.
- The city’s name in various other languages is: German: Breslau, Silesian German: Brassel, and Latin: Vratislavia or Budorgis or Wratislavia.
- People born or living in the city are known as “Vratislavians” (Polish:Wrocławianie).
- The city of Wrocław was originated at the intersection of two trade routes, the Via Regia and the Amber Road.
- Wrocław is one of the warmer cities in Poland. The annual temperature is 9.8 °C .The coldest month is January (average temperature −0.5 °C), with snow being common in winter, and the warmest is July (average temperature 19.9 °C). The highest temperature in Wrocław was 8 August 2015 (+38.9 °C). The lowest temperature was 8 January 1985 (−29.4 °C).
- The city is now divided into 48 osiedles (districts).
- Wrocław is the third largest educational centre of Poland, with 135,000 students in 30 colleges which employ some 7,400 staff.
