The name Malopolska (Little Poland, Lesser Poland, Malopolska Voivodship, Malopolska Province) applies to a large, south area of Poland with a rolling landscape of fields and quiet villages. This ancient region formed together with Wielkopolska, the first Polish medieval state. It has an area of over 15,000 square kilometres, and a population of 3,5 million people. The province is bounded on the south by the Tatra and Beskidy mountains, on the north by the Swietokrzyskie Mountains and by Jura Krakowsko – Czestochowska hills on the west. The most prominent areas of tourism and recreation are the Tatra mountains with Zakopane winter resort. The natural landscape features many historic sites such as: the salt mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska – pilgrimage town, Wadowice – John Paul’s II birthplace, Oswiecim with a former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz and Birkenau and Krakow with its UNESCO ranked Old Town.
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