Warka

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Coordinates: 51°47′N 21°12′E

Warka is also the name of a village in Iraq near the Sumerian ruins of Uruk.

Warka is a town in central Poland, located on the left bank of Pilica river (60 kilometers south of Warsaw), with 11,035 inhabitants (2004). It has been situated in Grójec County, in Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously being in Radom Voivodeship (1975 - 1998).

Warka obtained its city charter in 1321. It is the birthplace of general Kazimierz Pulaski (March 4, 1745), and is also famed for its Warka Brewery (since 1478).

[edit] Famous people

• Kazimierz Pulaski
• Piotr Wysocki

[edit] External links

• Official town webpage
• The town of a hero of two nations