Archaeological finds indicate a long presence of cultures in the area. A complex of settlements started to develop on the future site of Lublin and in its environs in the sixth to seventh centuries. Remains of settlements

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The diagram shows population growth over the past 400 years. In 1999, the population of Lublin was estimated to 359,154, the highest in the city's history.

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The Lublin region is a part of eastern Poland, which has benefited less from the economic transformation after 1989 than regions of Poland located

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Lublin is the largest city in eastern Polandand serves as an important regional cultural capital. Since then, many important international

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There are five public schools of higher education:
• Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS)
• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)
• Medical University of Lublin

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Lublin is the capital of the province called Lublin Voivodeship, a province (voivodeship) created in 1999. The city is a separate urban gmina and city county (powiat).
Municipal government
Lublin is governed by the

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• Start Lublin – men's basketball team, 12th in Era Basket Liga in 2003–04 season.
• MKS Lublin – women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League: 2nd place in 2003–04 season: also a winner of Women's EHF Cup in season 2000–01.

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