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Addition of population pyramid data for the Demographics section

I thought I would comment here to atleast get some consensus as there is a comment under the Demographics section saying no more images; can the population pyramid graph on the right be placed under the Demographics header, it shows the compositional makeup of the city by single year age and sex for 2021. Tweedle (talk) 11:50, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Been BOLD and added it. Tweedle (talk) 08:29, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Warsaw largest city?

I was looking at a night light map of Europe and noticed a big splodge in the south of Poland. Wikipedia says Katowice's metro area is 5.3 million, whereas Warsaw's is shown as only 3.1 million! PeterR2 (talk) 19:19, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

However the ending -awa is unusual for a large city; the names of Polish cities derived from personal names usually end in -ów/owo/ew/ewo (e.g. Piotrków, Adamów).

This sentence is dumb. a) Literally the previous sentence states, that when the name was given Warsaw was a small fishing settlement, not a large city. b) there is plenty of settlements all over Poland with names dirved from personal names and endings -awa, -ewa, owa. (Limanowa, Bychawa etc.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.200.216.9 (talk) 10:29, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Warszawa - Wroclaw (Breslau)

"name Warcisław, which etymologically is linked with Wrocław." Is it a joke ? The old (latin) name Wratislawia is of Czech origin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:9E8:20DD:9C00:6CCD:FA8A:899F:BC1A (talk) 00:29, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland, located on the Vistula in the east-central part of the country. It has an estimated population of 1.86 million, within a larger metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, and it is a major cultural, political and economic hub. Warsaw originated as a small fishing town in Masovia, rising to prominence in the late 16th century when Sigismund III moved the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. It was the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795 and then the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. The 19th century and its Industrial Revolution brought a demographic boom. Warsaw was bombed and besieged at the start of World War II in 1939, and its infrastructure and population suffered during the systematic razing which followed the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The modern city features many historic monuments, including the reconstructed Old Town, designated a World Heritage Site. This 2022 photograph shows an elevated view of Warsaw's Constitution Square, looking northwards down Marszałkowska Street.

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