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Koło
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Koło () is a town on the Warta River in central Poland with 23,101 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship and it is the capital of Koło County.
Key facts
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- Settlement.name
- Koło
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- Koło - panorama Starego Miasta.jpg
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- Skyline of Koło
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- POL Koło flag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 80px
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- POL Koło COA.svg
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- 80px
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- Poland
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- Greater Poland
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Koło
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- Gmina
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- Koło (urban gmina)
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- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 20380
- Area
- 13.85
- Elevation
- 110
- Official website
- www.kolo.pl
- Image
- Koło - Stare Miasto z ratusza.jpg
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- Koło
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- Koło
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- Martin A. Nowak
- male population
- 9516
- female population
- 10864
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Koło () is a town on the Warta River in central Poland with 23,101 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship and it is the capital of Koło County.
== History == thumb|left|Gothic architecture|Gothic [[Koło Castle, built in the 14th century on the river Warta]] Koło is one of the oldest towns in Poland. It was granted town status in 1362 by King Casimir III. It was situated in a safe place near the royal castle, on the island in the branches of the Warta River; the town had no walls but only two gates. It was a royal city and the seat of a land county (starostwo niegrodowe).[p. 16–18]
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