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Country
  
Gmina
  
Gmina Zawoja

Postal code
  
34-222, 34-223

Local time
  
Sunday 6:46 AM

County
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code(s)
  
+48 33

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 54% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Zawoja – Mosorny Groń, BACA Ski lifts, Mosorny Groń, Skansen im Józefa Żaka w Z, Cyl Hali Śmietanowej

Zawoja [zaˈvɔja] is a village in Southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune. 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. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Sucha Beskidzka and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.

Map of Zawoja, Poland

It is situated close to a mountain massif of Babia Góra (1725 m). The headquarters 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.

References

Zawoja Wikipedia


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