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Polish cities are cities that can be founded by the Polish civilization in Civilization V and its expansions. The first city founded is the Capital Capital, and the names of future cities are chosen in the order they appear on the list below.

The names listed are default names; players can change their cities' names if they choose.

Founding Order City Name Notes
1 Warsaw Formerly a City-State City-State; current capital of Poland
2 Krakow Capital from 1039 to 1596 with breaks
3 Lodz Major city since 1820
4 Wroclaw Capital of Silesia; previously belonged to Bohemia, Hungary, the Austrian Empire, Prussia, and Germany; known as "Breslau" in German
5 Poznan Capital city of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, and former capital from 1290 to 1296
6 Gdansk Founded by Polish Duke Mieszko I of Poland about 980; famous port city, member of Hanseatic League; known as "Danzig" in German
7 Szczecin Capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship; known as "Stettin" in German 
8 Bydgoszcz Important city in the river transport, Capital of Kujavia-Pomeranian voivodeship
9 Lublin Capital of Lublin Voivodeship
10 Kaunas Major Lithuanian city; capital of Lithuania from 1920 to 1939
11 Katowice Central city of the Upper Silesian conurbation
12 Bialystok Founded as city in 1692
13 Gdynia Founded in the 1920s
14 Sweidnitz
15 Czestochowa Known for the famous Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra
16 Radom
17 Torun Second capital of Kujavian-Pomeranian voivodeship
18 Kielc Capital of Holy Cross Voivodeship
19 Gliwice Incorporated into Poland in 1945
20 Klaipeda Lithuanian city; known in German as "Memel"
21 Bytom
22 Olsztyn
23 Rzeszow Capital of Subcarpathian Voivodeship
24 Bielsko-Biala Formed in 1951 with a merger of the former cities of Bielsko and Biała
25 Ruda Slaska Founded in 1959
26 Rybnik Commerce and cultural center of southwestern Silesia
27 Plock Capital from 1079 to 1138
28 Elblag Founded by Teutonic Knights, spot of old Prussian settlement
29 Gorzow Wielkopolski First (seat of voivode) capital of Lubusz Voivodeship
30 Opole Capital of Opole Voivodeship
31 Siauliai Lithuanian city
32 Walbrzych Former industrial and coal-mining center on Silesia
33 Zielona Gora Second (seat of regional assembly) capital of Lubusz Voivodeship
34 Wloclawek One of the oldest Polish cities

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