Suwałki

town in Poland
Place city_with_powiat_rights_in_poland Q236083
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Summary

Suwałki is a city with powiat rights in Poland[1]. Suwałki draws 3,548 Wikipedia views per month (city with powiat rights in poland category, ranking #25 of 62).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Podlaskie Voivodeship[3]
  • Country: Poland[4]
  • Continent: Europe[5]
  • Instance of: city[6]
  • Official language: Polish[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Rēzekne[8], Grande-Synthe[9], Võru[10], Waren[11], Nemenčinė[12], Alytus[13], Marijampolė[14], Notodden Municipality[15], Ternopil[16], Cēsis[17]
  • Postal code: 16-400 - 16-403, 16-430 - 16-434[18]
  • Commons category: Suwałki[19]
  • Licence plate code: BS[20]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[21], UTC+02:00[22]
  • Said to be the same as: Suwałki[23]
  • Official website: http://www.um.suwalki.pl/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Suwałki[25]
  • Commons gallery: Suwałki[26]
  • Population: 69,316[27], 68,923[28], 69,239[29], 69,626[30], 69,229[31], 68,752[32]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[33], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Suwałki[38]
  • Female population: 36,110[39]
  • Male population: 33,119[40]
  • Category for people buried here: Q9638427[41]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Suwałki[42]
  • Different from: Q20879232[43]
  • Elevation above sea level: 170 m[44]
  • Area: 66 km²[45]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Suwałki[46]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Suwałki include Suwałki Gap[47], a salient[48], in Poland[49].

Why It Matters

Suwałki has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Suwałki is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for Suwałki include Suwałki Gap[47], a salient[48], in Poland[49].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . um.suwalki.pl. um.suwalki.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . um.suwalki.pl. um.suwalki.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . um.suwalki.pl. um.suwalki.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . alytus.lt. alytus.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . um.suwalki.pl. um.suwalki.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . um.suwalki.pl. um.suwalki.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . um.suwalki.pl. um.suwalki.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . um.suwalki.pl. um.suwalki.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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  2. 23w ago · İmmortalance · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for honorary citizens of entity → —
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    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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