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Zambrów
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Zambrów is a town in northeastern Poland with 21,166 inhabitants (2020). It is the capital of Zambrów County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is situated on the on the Jabłonka River.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zambrów
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Zambrów flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Zambrów COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Zambrów Wojska Polskiego 48 koszary 05.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zambrów
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Zambrów (urban gmina)
- Settlement.elevation_min_m
- 115
- Settlement.elevation_max_m
- 133
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Kazimierz Jan Dąbrowski
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1283
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Official name
- Zambrów
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Zambrów County
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 21351
- Area
- 19.02
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Rejon zambrowski
- Official website
- www.zambrow.pl
- Image
- Zambrów Wojska Polskiego 48 koszary 05.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zambrów
- topic's main category
- Category:Zambrów
- Commons gallery
- Zambrów
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Zambrów
- male population
- 10226
- female population
- 11125
- native label
- Zambrów
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- World War II
- Transport
- Sports
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- References
- External links
Zambrów is a town in northeastern Poland with 21,166 inhabitants (2020). It is the capital of Zambrów County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is situated on the on the Jabłonka River.
Founded in the Middle Ages, Zambrów is a former royal town of Poland, which prospered as a center of trade and brewing. Before World War II, it was the location of a Polish military school, and until the mid-20th century, it was a garrison town of the Polish Army. It was a place of Nazi German-perpetrated atrocities against prisoners-of-war and civilians during the German occupation of Poland in World War II with over 1,500 victims. It is located on the Route of the Heroes of the Battle of Warsaw 1920, the main highway connecting Białystok with Warsaw, Łódź and Wrocław.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zambrów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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