Gdan'sk is the city at the center of the fourth-largest
metropolitan area in Poland.
It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the
Pomeranian Voivodeship.
It is also historically the largest city of the Kashubian region.
The city lies on the southern edge of Gdansk Bay (of the Baltic Sea),
in a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdynia
and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area
called the Tricity (Trójmiasto), with a population of over 800,000.
Gdansk itself has a population of 458,053 (2006), making it the
largest city in the Pomerania region of Northern Poland.
Gdansk is situated at the mouth of the Motawa River,
connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby Vistula River,
whose waterway system waters 60% of the area of Poland and connects
Gdansk to the national capital in Warsaw.
This gives the city a unique advantage as the center of Poland's sea trade.
Together with the nearby port of Gdynia, Gdansk is also an important
industrial center.
Historically an important seaport and shipbuilding center,
Gdansk was a member of the Hanseatic League.
The city was the birthplace of the Solidarity movement which,
under the leadership of Gdan'sk political activist Lech Walesa,
played a major role in bringing an end to communist rule across Central Europe.
It is also the home and birthplace of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk,
who is of Kashubian origin.
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