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{{Short description|Island in Poland}}
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{{Infobox islands
| name                              = Port Island
| native_name                       = Wyspa Portowa
| native_name_lang                  = pl
| image_name                        = Westerplatte, the place where the Second World War began.jpg
| image_caption                     = Westerplatte Monument in memory of the Polish defenders
| pushpin_map                       = Poland#Baltic Sea
| pushpin_relief                    = 1
| coordinates                       = {{coord|54|22|52|N|18|43|23|E|source:kolossus-eswiki|display=it}}
| location                          = [[Baltic Sea]]
| area_km2                          = 26,2
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| country                           = Poland 
| country_admin_divisions_title     = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| country_admin_divisions           = [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1   = City
| country_admin_divisions_1         = [[Gdańsk]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2   = Districts
| country_admin_divisions_2         = [[Krakowiec-Górki Zachodnie]], [[Przeróbka]], [[Stogi, Gdańsk|Stogi]]
| population                        = 15317
| population_as_of                  = 2021
| population_footnotes              = <ref name=bip>{{cite web|url=https://bip.gdansk.pl/urzad-miejski/podzial-administracyjny-gdanska,a,647|title=Podział administracyjny Gdańska|website=BIP - Urząd Miejski W Gdańsku|access-date=15 April 2022|language=pl}}</ref>
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| ethnic_groups                     = [[Polish people|Poles]]
| timezone                          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset                        = +1
| timezone_DST                      = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST                    = +2
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'''Port Island''' ({{langx|pl|Wyspa Portowa}}, {{langx|de|Die Nehrung}}) is an [[island]] located between [[Gdańsk Bay]], [[Śmiała Wisła]] and [[Leniwka]] in northern [[Poland]] within the city limits of [[Gdańsk]].

==Administration==
The island is divided into 3 administrative quarters:
*[[Stogi, Gdańsk|Stogi]], population 9,832, area 10.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, density 901<ref name=bip/>
*[[Przeróbka]], population 3,750, area 6.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, density 545<ref name=bip/>
*[[Krakowiec-Górki Zachodnie]], population 1,735, area 8.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, density 208<ref name=bip/>
Total: population 15,317, area 26,2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (2021)

== Industry ==
Industrial facilities of national importance are located on the island, incl. the [[Gdańsk refinery]] and Port Północny (Northern Port) with the Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk (part of the [[Port of Gdańsk]]).

== Sightseeing ==
* [[Wisłoujście Fortress]], historic fortress dating back to the 15th century, that used to guard the mouth of the [[Port of Gdańsk]], listed as a [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|Historic Monument of Poland]].<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 20 kwietnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Gdańsk - Twierdza Wisłoujście"|year=2018|number=1008}}</ref>
* [[Westerplatte]], the place of the [[Battle of Westerplatte]], the first battle of the German [[invasion of Poland]] and [[World War II]], now a memorial and museum complex, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 22 sierpnia 2003 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii|year=2003|volume=148|number=1448}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of islands of Poland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190621090014/https://www.gdansk.pl/bip/urzad-miejski,647.html Podział administracyjny Gdańska ()]

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{{Polish coast}}

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[[Category:Gdańsk]]
[[Category:Islands of Poland]]
[[Category:Landforms of Pomeranian Voivodeship]]


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