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Nowa Huta | |
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![]() Plac Centralny (Central Square) | |
![]() Location of Wzgórza Nowa Huta within Kraków | |
Coordinates: 50°04′20″N 20°02′15″E / 50.07222°N 20.03750°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
County/City | Kraków |
Government | |
• President[citation needed] | Stanisław Moryc |
Area | |
• Total | 65.41 km2 (25.25 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 54,588 |
• Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | +48 12 |
Website | http://www.dzielnica18.krakow.pl |
Designated | 2023-01-30 |
Reference no. | Dz. U. z 2023 r. poz. 222[1] |
Nowa Huta (pronounced [ˈnɔva ˈxuta], literally "The New Steel Mill") is the easternmost district of Kraków, Poland. With more than 200,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous areas of the city. Until 1990, the neighbouring districts were considered expansions of the original Nowa Huta district, and were linked by the same tramway system. They are now separate districts of Kraków.
Nowa Huta is one of the largest planned socialist realist settlements or districts ever built (another being Magnitogorsk in Russia) and "one of the most renowned examples of deliberate social engineering" in the entire world.[2] Built as a utopian ideal city, its street hierarchy, layout and certain grandeur of buildings often resemble Paris or London. The high abundance of parks and green areas in Nowa Huta make it the greenest corner of Kraków.[3]