Poland is a village in Kiribati, located on the westernmost part of the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands.
Poland was named in honor of Polish mechanic Stanisław Pełczyński, who greatly improved the island's coconut plantation by introducing a modified irrigation system that could effectively water palm trees during the dry season.
[3] The great majority of the population of Kiritimati as of 1989 lived in the Banana, London, or Poland villages.
[4] Poland has a kindergarten, a primary school, and a Catholic church.
[5][6] In 2013, the Ministry of Environment in Warsaw, Poland produced a video featuring the village to highlight its sea level rise problem.