Gdańsk

city and capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the Baltic coast of northern Poland
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Gdańsk

Summary

Gdańsk is a big city[1]. Gdańsk ranks in the top 10% of big_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,053 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gdańsk received the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta[3].
  • Gdańsk is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship[4].
  • Gdańsk is in the country of Poland[5].
  • Gdańsk's head of government is recorded as Aleksandra Dulkiewicz[6].
  • Gdańsk's instance of is recorded as big city[7].
  • Gdańsk's instance of is recorded as port city[8].
  • Gdańsk's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city[9].
  • Gdańsk's instance of is recorded as city with powiat rights in Poland[10].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Sopot[11].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Gdynia[12].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Kartuzy County[13].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Powiat gdański[14].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Nowy Dwór Gdański County[15].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Gdańsk Bay[16].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Żukowo[17].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Kolbudy[18].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Pruszcz Gdański[19].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Pruszcz Gdański[20].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Cedry Wielkie[21].
  • Gdańsk's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Stegna[22].
  • Gdańsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Aniołki[23].
  • Gdańsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Brętowo[24].
  • Gdańsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Brzeźno[25].
  • Gdańsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Chełm[26].
  • Gdańsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Jasień (Gdańsk)[27].

Body

Geography

Gdańsk is in the country of Poland[5]. Gdańsk is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city[7], port city[8], Hanseatic city[9], and city with powiat rights in Poland[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gdańsk include Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport[28], an international airport[29], in Poland[30]; Gdańsk Bay[31], a bay[32], in Poland[33]; Gdańsk Agreement[34], a document[35], in Poland[36], written by Polish People's Republic[37]; Gdański Bridge[38], a truss bridge[39], in Poland[40]; Danziger Straße[41], a street[42], in Germany[43]; 1419 Danzig[44], an asteroid[45]; and For services to the city of Gdańsk[46], an award[47], in Poland[48].

Why It Matters

Gdańsk ranks in the top 10% of big_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,053 views/month).[2] Gdańsk has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Gdańsk is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for Gdańsk include Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport[28], an international airport[29], in Poland[30]; Gdańsk Bay[31], a bay[32], in Poland[33]; Gdańsk Agreement[34], a document[35], in Poland[36], written by Polish People's Republic[37]; Gdański Bridge[38], a truss bridge[39], in Poland[40]; Danziger Straße[41], a street[42], in Germany[43]; and 1419 Danzig[44], an asteroid[45].

FAQs

What awards did Gdańsk receive?

Honors received include Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Eva L Vedin · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National historical museums of sweden id → geo/62E24E48-E8C1-4BA8-AFD0-9806981A07C6, geo/B0924E17-49A4-437F-9FC6-7090FDC0DCD0
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  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Free City of Danzig, Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998), Gdańsk Voivodeship +5
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  3. 13w ago · Karmelki90 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Free City of Danzig, Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998), Gdańsk Voivodeship +5
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  4. 13w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → gdansk-poland
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  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0254576-Gdansk-Polsko
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  6. 21w ago · İmmortalance · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rkd thesaurus id → 39673, 26079
    Twinned administrative body → Astana, Bremen, Q326577 +22
    Part of → Związek Miast Nadwiślańskich
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