Żagań

Żagań is a town in western , on the river, with 25,731 inhabitants, capital of in the , located in the historic region of Lower Silesia.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Stalag Luft III and Castle in Żagań.

was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel. The camp was established in March 1942 near the town of Sagan, Lower Silesia, in what was then Nazi Germany, 160 km south-east of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bożnów and Stary Żagań.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in western Poland.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in western Poland. is situated 4 km north of Żagań.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in western Poland.

Żagań

Latitude
51.6148° or 51° 36′ 53″ north
Longitude
15.3204° or 15° 19′ 13″ east
Population
24,400
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
Open location code
9F3QJ87C+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31782520
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7532682
Wiki­data ID
Q158459
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Żagań” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: زاجان
  • Armenian: Ժագան
  • Azerbaijani: Jaqan
  • Basque: Żagań
  • Belarusian: Жагань
  • Bulgarian: Жаган
  • Catalan: Żagań
  • Cebuano: Żagań
  • Chechen: Жагань
  • Chinese: Żagań
  • Chinese: 扎甘
  • Chinese: 札甘
  • Croatian: Żagań
  • Czech: Zagan
  • Czech: Żagań
  • Czech: Zahaň
  • Czech: Zaháň
  • Czech: Záhaň
  • Danish: Sagan
  • Danish: Żagań
  • Dutch: Zagan
  • Dutch: Żagań
  • Egyptian Arabic: زاجان
  • Esperanto: Sagan
  • Esperanto: Zagan
  • Esperanto: Żagań
  • Esperanto: Záhaň
  • Estonian: Żagań
  • Finnish: Zagan
  • Finnish: Żagań
  • French: Sagan
  • French: Zagań
  • French: Żagań
  • German: Sagan am Bober
  • German: Sagan
  • German: Zagan
  • German: Żagań
  • Greek: Ζάγκαν
  • Hebrew: ז’אגאן
  • Hindi: जागान
  • Hindi: ज़ागान
  • Hungarian: Żagań
  • Icelandic: Zagan
  • Icelandic: Żagań
  • Indonesian: Zagan
  • Indonesian: Żagań
  • Italian: Zagan
  • Italian: Żagań
  • Japanese: ジャガニ
  • Japanese: ジャガン
  • Javanese: Zagan
  • Javanese: Żagań
  • Kashubian: Żagań
  • Korean: 자간
  • Latin: Saganum
  • Latvian: Sagan
  • Latvian: Sagāna
  • Latvian: Żagań
  • Latvian: Žagaņa
  • Lithuanian: Žaganė
  • Lithuanian: Žaganis
  • Malay: Zagan
  • Malay: Żagań
  • Min Nan Chinese: Żagań
  • Nauru: Żagań
  • Neapolitan: Żagań
  • Newari: जागान
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sagan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saganum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zagan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Żagań
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Záhaň
  • Norwegian: Żagań
  • Ossetian: Жагань
  • Ossetian: Заган
  • Persian: زاگان
  • Persian: ژاگانی
  • Polish: Żagań
  • Portuguese: Żagań
  • Romanian: Zagan
  • Romanian: Żagań
  • Russian: Жагань
  • Russian: Заган
  • Scots: Żagań
  • Serbian: Sagan
  • Serbian: Saganum
  • Serbian: Żagań
  • Serbian: Žaganj
  • Serbian: Záhaň
  • Serbian: Жагањ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Żagań
  • Silesian: Žagań
  • Silesian: Żagań
  • Slovak: Żagań
  • Slovak: Záhaň
  • Slovenian: Żagań
  • Spanish: Zagań
  • Spanish: Żagan
  • Spanish: Żagań
  • Swedish: Zagan
  • Swedish: Żagań
  • Tatar: Jaganʻ
  • Tatar: Sagan
  • Tatar: Zagan
  • Tatar: Жагань
  • Turkish: Zagan
  • Turkish: Żagań
  • Ukrainian: Жагань
  • Ukrainian: Загань
  • Upper Sorbian: Źagań
  • Upper Sorbian: Żagań
  • Upper Sorbian: Zahań
  • Upper Sorbian: Žahań
  • Urdu: زاگان
  • Vietnamese: Żagań
  • Volapük: Żagań
  • Waray (Philippines): Żagań
  • Wu Chinese: 萨根

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