Zawoja

Infobox Settlement
name = Zawoja


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sucha County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Zawoja
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timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49 | latm = 40 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 34 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 34-222, 34-223
area_code = +48 33
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = KSU
website = http://www.zawoja.pl

Zawoja 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 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.

ee also

*LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165 crashed on the nearby Polica mountain

External links

*pl icon [http://www.zawoja.pl/ Zawoja official web site]