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Szczecin

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Szczecin
Top: Jagiellońska Street, Hey Market and auld toun haw Middle: The Oder, Sea Museum an Voivodeship Office Bottom: St James' Cathedral, Virgin Tower, PAZIM biggin
Top: Jagiellońska Street, Hey Market and auld toun haw
Middle: The Oder, Sea Museum an Voivodeship Office
Bottom: St James' Cathedral, Virgin Tower, PAZIM biggin
Banner o Szczecin
Banner
Coat of airms o Szczecin
Coat airms
Motto(s): 
"Szczecin jest otwarty"
("Szczecin is open")
Szczecin is located in Poland
Szczecin
Szczecin
Coordinates: 53°25′N 14°35′E / 53.417°N 14.583°E / 53.417; 14.583Coordinates: 53°25′N 14°35′E / 53.417°N 14.583°E / 53.417; 14.583
Kintra Poland
VoivodeshipWast Pomeranie
Coontyceety coonty
Established8t century
Toun richts1243
Govrenment
 • MayorPiotr Krzystek
Area
 • City301 km2 (116 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • City409 211
 • Metro
777,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
PL-70-017
to 71-871
Area code(s)+48 91
Car platesZS
Websitehttp://www.szczecin.pl

Szczecin (/ˈʃɛɪn/; Pols pronunciation: [ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin] ( listen); German: Stettin [ʃtɛˈtiːn] ( listen)), is the caipital ceety o the Wast Pomeranie Voivodeship in Poland. In the vicinity o the Easter Seas, it is the kintra's seivent-lairgest ceety an a major seaport in Poland. As o Juin 2011 the population wis 407,811.[1]

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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The Twin touns an sister ceeties o Szczecin are:[2]

References

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  1. "Population of Szczecin, Poland". Population.mongabay.com. 18 Januar 2012. Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2013. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2013.
  2. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Kontakty partnerskie Miasta Szczecin". Urząd Miasta Szczecin (in Polish). Archived frae the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 29 Julie 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  3. esbjergkommune.dk accessed Feb-2008
  4. Greifswald.de(in German)
  5. "Guide to Hull Humberside and general Hull information". city-visitor.com. Retrieved 29 Mey 2009.
  6. "Vänorter" (in Swadish). Malmö stad. Archived frae the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  7. "St. Louis Sister Cities". St. Louis Center for International Relations. Archived frae the original on 13 Mey 2008. Retrieved 19 Mey 2008.

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