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Warka
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Warka () is a town in east-central Poland, located on the left bank of the Pilica river ( south of Warsaw), with 11,858 inhabitants (2013). It has been situated in Grójec County, in the Masovian Voivodeship, since 1999; previously it was in the Radom Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.
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- Locality
- Warka
- Region
- województwo mazowieckie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 11,048
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Warka
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fire station and Town hall in Warka, Poland.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Classicist town hall at the Hetman Stefan Czarnecki Square
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Warka COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Masovian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Grójec
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Warka
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Dariusz Gizka
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 13th century
- Settlement.established_title3
- Town rights
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12003
- Area
- 25.78
- Official website
- www.warka.pl
- Image
- Ratusz w Warce 19728.jpg
- Licence plate code
- WTR
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- Commons category
- Warka
- inception
- 1321-00-00
- native label
- Warka
- postal code
- 05-660
- male population
- 5795
- female population
- 6208
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Warka () is a town in east-central Poland, located on the left bank of the Pilica river ( south of Warsaw), with 11,858 inhabitants (2013). It has been situated in Grójec County, in the Masovian Voivodeship, since 1999; previously it was in the Radom Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.
Warka obtained its city charter in 1321. A village called Winiary, which today is part of Warka, is the countryside residence of Pulaskis family where General Casimir Pulaski spent his childhood and the birthplace of Colonel Piotr Wysocki (September 10, 1797). Warka is also known for its famous brewery (since 1478).
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