Wieliczka
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| Basic Information | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| Population | 19 128 |
| Founded | - |
| City rights | - |
| Latitude Longitude |
49°59' N 20°03' E |
| Area | 13,4 km² |
| Agglomeration | - |
| Density | 1426/km² |
| Area code | +48 12 |
| Car plates | KWI |
| Twin towns | - |
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| Administration | |
| Mayor | Artur Kozioł |
| Municipal Website | |
Wieliczka is a town (2006 population: 19,128) in southern Poland in the Kraków metropolitan area, and situated (since 1999) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, previously (1975-1998) in Kraków Voivodeship. The town was founded in 1290 by Duke Premislas II of Poland.
Located under the town of Wieliczka is the Wieliczka Salt Mine – one of the world's oldest operating salt mines (the oldest is at Bochnia, Poland, 20 kilometers from Wieliczka), which has been worked since prehistoric times.
[edit] References
- Jerzy Grzesiowski, Wieliczka: kopalnia, muzeum, zamek (Wieliczka: the Mine, the Museum, the Castle), 2nd ed., updated and augmented, Warsaw, Sport i Turystyka, 1987, ISBN 83-217-2637-2.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Exhibition of Technique in Wieliczka
- Wieliczka County page
- Wieliczka city (community) page
- Wieliczka travel guide from wikitravel
- Air Pollution Intrusion into the Wieliczka Salt Mine
