Zawoja is a village in Southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in the Powiat of Sucha Beskidzka (Małopolska Voivodship). With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural commune Gmina Zawoja. It has 6,200 inhabitants (2001) and is often mentioned as one of the biggest Polish villages. It is also very often referred as the longest one as it stretches for about 20 kilometres in a picturesque mountain valley. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Maków PodhalaÅ„ski (before 1930 Maków) is a town in southern Poland. ... Sucha Beskidzka county (Polish: powiat suski) is a county (powiat) in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (southern Poland). ... MaÅ‚opolska Voivodship (Polish: województwo maÅ‚opolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in southern Poland that contains core areas of the historic and geographic region of Lesser Poland (Polish: MaÅ‚opolska). ... Fljótsdalur in East-Iceland A valley is a landform, which can range from a few square miles (square kilometers) to hundreds or even thousands of square miles (square kilometers) in area. ...
It is situated close to a mountain massif of Babia Góra (1725 m). The headquerters of Babia Góra National Park is located here. Since 19th century Zawoja is one of the important mountain resorts in Poland. It is known for its wooden architecture and folk culture of Babia Góra highlanders. Babia Góra in Polish or Babia hora in Slovak is situated in Western Beskidy Mountains. ... Babia Góra National Park (Polish: ) is one of the 23 national parks in Poland, located in southern part of the country, in Malopolskie Voivodship, along the border with Slovakia. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Goralen (Polish Górale, slovak Gorali) are a people tribe living at the Polish-slovak boundary. ...
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