| Wieliczka
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Flag of Wieliczka
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Coat of Arms of Wieliczka
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| (Flag)
| (Coat of Arms)
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| Motto: none
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Location of Wieliczka
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| Voivodship
| Lesser Poland
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| Municipal government
| Rada Miejska w Wieliczce
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| Mayor
| Józef Duda
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| Area
| 13,4 km²
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Population
- city
- urban
- density
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18 190
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1357/km²
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Founded
City rights
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-
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Latitude
Longitude
| 49°59' N
20°03' E
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| Area code
| +48 12
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| Car plates
| KWI
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| Twin towns
| -
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| Municipal Website (http://www.wieliczka.gmina.pl/)
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Wieliczka is a town (1998 population: 17,900) in southern Poland in the Krakow metropolitan area, and situated (since 1999) in Lesser Poland Voivodship, previously (1975-1998) in Krakow Voivodship.
The town was founded by Henry the Probus in 1289.
It is famous for having the world's oldest operating salt mine, which has been worked for over 700 years. The mine is also notable for a long tradition of tourism: Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander von Humboldt, Dmitri Mendeleev, Bolesław Prus, Ignacy Paderewski, Robert Baden-Powell, Karol Wojtyła (the later Pope John Paul II), crowned heads and hosts of ordinary people have visited this remarkable site.
In 1978 the Wieliczka salt mine was entered into the UNESCO roster of World Heritage Sites.
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