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Facts and Figures on Bialystok

   Population:285,000

   Unemployement rate:2.8%

   Average monthly salary:zl. 1,627Airport:None

   Train connection to Warsaw:8 per day

   Podlaskie province(Województwo Podlaskie)

   Total area:20,180 square meters(6.5% of Poland)

   Population:1.2 million(3.2% of Poland)

   National Companies headquartered in Bialystok:Polmos Bialystok, Fasty, Browar Dojlidy, Okregowe Przedsiebiorstwo Przemyslu Miesnego, PSS Spolem Bialystok, Orkla Press, Wersal Podlaski

   Multinationals with manufacturing sites in Bialystok:None

   Major retail centers:Makro Cash & Carry, Auchan

   Major hotels operated by national chains:Orbis

   City hallul. Slonimska 1, 15-950 BialystokTel. (85) 732-9325 / Fax (85) 741-4324www.city.bialystok.pl

   MayorRyszard TurTel. (85) 741-43 / Fax (85) 741-1125

   Deputy mayors of developmentMarek Kozlowski, Boguslaw DebskiTel. (85) 741-1448 / Fax (85) 741-5313

   Department of Architecture and Spatial ManagementAndrzej NowakowskiTel. (85) 741-0948 / (85) 741-0948

   Department of Geodesy, Real Estate Management and AgricultureJanusz IgantowiczTel. (85) 732-1753 / Fax (85) 732-1753

   Department of Construction and InvestmentsJanusz OstrowskiTel. (85) 743-6063 / Fax (85) 743-6063

   Property and construction market

   Total modern office space:WND

   Total modern retail space:WND

   Number of new apartments built in 1999:2,168

   Number of construction permits issued in 2000:1,611