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Nowy Targ

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town in southern Poland

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Nowy Targ is a town located in southern Poland. It serves as a regional center in the area, though specific details about its historical significance or current importance are not provided in the available information.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Nowy Targ
Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Population
33273
Area
51.07
Elevation
1138
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Capital of
Gmina Nowy Targ
Shares border with
Gmina Szaflary
Official website
www.nowytarg.pl
Image
Nt-223.jpg
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Category:Nowy Targ
twinned administrative body
Kežmarok
Commons category
Nowy Targ
category for people born here
Category:Births in Nowy Targ
category of associated people
Category:People from Nowy Targ
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Nowy Targ
postal code
34-400–34-403
inception
1201-01-01
native label
Nowy Targ
male population
15721
female population
17552
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Encyclopedic overview

Nowy Targ [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtark] (Officially: Royal Free city of Nowy Targ, Yiddish: Naymark, Goral dialect: Nowy Torg [ˈnuɔvɨ 'tɔrg]) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Gorce Mountains, at the confluence of the Czarny Dunajec and the Biały Dunajec. It is the seat of the Nowy Targ County and the rural Gmina Nowy Targ, as well as the Tatra Euroregion.

With 33,293 inhabitants, Nowy Targ is the largest town and the historic capital of Podhale, as well as its main commercial, communication and industrial center.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nowy Targ” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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