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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Poland}}
{{Other uses|PL (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
| name                  = .pl
| image                 = DNS-NASK.svg
| image_size            = 220px
| introduced            = {{Start date and age|1990|07|30}}
| type                  = [[Country code]]
| status                = Active
| registry              = [[Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa|NASK]]
| sponsor               = NASK
| intendeduse           = Entities connected with [[Poland]]
| actualuse             = Very popular in Poland
| restrictions          = No restrictions stated
| structure             = Registrations can be made directly at second level, or at third level beneath various second level labels
| document              = 
| disputepolicy         = [http://www.arbitraz.pl/ PIIT arbitration] (for Polish entities) <br /> [http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/rules/cctld/expedited/pl/ WIPO expedited arbitration] (for foreign entities)
| website               = [https://www.dns.pl/en/ dns.pl]
| dnssec                = yes
| registereddomains     = 2,467,559
| dateregistereddomains = 30 September 2020
| refregistereddomains  = <ref name="stat">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dns.pl/en/statistics/number_of_active_names_in_DNS_zone|title=DNS {{!}} Krajowy Rejestr Domen|website=www.dns.pl|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref>}}
'''{{mono|.pl}}''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Poland]], administered by [[Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa|NASK]], the Polish research and development organization. It is one of the founding members of [[Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries|CENTR]].

== History ==
The {{mono|.pl}} domain was created in 1990, following the mitigation of the [[COCOM]] embargo on technological collaboration with post-[[Eastern bloc|communist]] countries. The first [[subdomain]] in {{mono|.pl}} was {{mono|.pwr.pl}}, belonging to the [[Wrocław University of Technology]].

In 2008 the number of registered .pl domain names exceeded one million, whereas at the end of 2013 the registry comprised more than 2.4 million domain names.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistics of domain names registered in NASK|url=https://www.dns.pl/en/statistics/number_of_active_names_in_DNS_zone|access-date=1 June 2018|website=dns.pl}}</ref><ref name="stat" />

Each domain must be registered in the National Domain Name Registry.

== Second-level domains ==
Several functional and regional domain endings exist. Most popular are:

===Functional domains===
* {{mono|.com.pl}}, {{mono|.biz.pl}}, {{mono|.pl}}: [[Economy of Poland|commercial entities]]
* {{mono|.net.pl}}: network infrastructure
* {{mono|.art.pl}}: [[Culture of Poland|art]]
* {{mono|.edu.pl}}: [[Education in Poland|education]]
* {{mono|.gov.pl}}: [[Politics of Poland|government]]
* {{mono|.info.pl}}: (general) information
* {{mono|.mil.pl}}: [[Polish Armed Forces|military]]
* {{mono|.org.pl}}: [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] and not-for-profit organizations

===Regional domains===
There are 118 regional domain endings in the {{Mono|.pl}} zone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of regional domain names|url=https://www.dns.pl/en/list_of_regional_domain_names|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-19|website=NASK Domain Name Registry|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190402095518/https://www.dns.pl/en/list_of_regional_domain_names  |archive-date = 2019-04-02  }}</ref> Some of them are:
* {{mono|.bialystok.pl}}: [[Białystok]] (city)
* {{mono|.czest.pl}}: [[Częstochowa]] (city)
* {{mono|.gda.pl}}, {{mono|.gdansk.pl}}: [[Gdańsk]] (city)
* {{mono|.gorzow.pl}}: [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]] (city)
* {{mono|.katowice.pl}}: [[Katowice]] (city)
* {{mono|.krakow.pl}}: [[Kraków]] (city)
* {{mono|.lublin.pl}}: [[Lublin]] (city)
* {{mono|.malopolska.pl}}: [[Lesser Poland|Małopolska]] (region)
* {{mono|.mazowsze.pl}}: [[Masovian Voivodeship|Mazowsze]] (region)
* {{mono|.olsztyn.pl}}: [[Olsztyn]] (city)
* {{mono|.pila.pl}}: [[Piła]] (city)
* {{mono|.poznan.pl}}: [[Poznań]] (city)
* {{mono|.rzeszow.pl}}: [[Rzeszów]] (city)
* {{mono|.szczecin.pl}}: [[Szczecin]] (city)
* {{mono|.slask.pl}}: [[Silesia|Śląsk]] (region)
* {{mono|.torun.pl}}: [[Toruń]] (city)
* {{mono|.wroc.pl}}, {{mono|.wroclaw.pl}}: [[Wrocław]] (city)
* {{mono|.waw.pl}}, {{mono|.warszawa.pl}}: [[Warsaw]] (city)
* {{mono|.zgora.pl}}: [[Zielona Góra]] (city)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/pl.html IANA {{mono|.pl}} whois information]
* [https://www.dns.pl/en/ Domain name registry of {{mono|.pl}}]
* [https://www.dns.pl/en/statistics/number_of_active_names_in_DNS_zone Statistics of {{mono|.pl}}]
* [https://www.dns.pl/en/list_of_registrars List of accredited Registrars]
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* [https://www.dns.pl/en/IDN/registration_rules IDN registration policy in {{mono|.pl}}]

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