What is Suwałki?
[[File:Suwalki Kosciuszki.jpg|thumb|200px|Kościuszko street]] [[File:POL Suwałki flag.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[File:POL Suwałki COAII.svg|thumb|90px|coat of arms]] '''Suwałki''' is a city in northern [[Poland]] in [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]]. It has about 69 100 inhabitants and is 65,24&nbsp;km². ==History== The area of Suwałki has had people living on it since the early [[Middle Ages]]. However, with the coming of the [[Teutonic Order]] to Sudovia, their lands were captured and did not have many people living on it. The village was founded by [[monk]]s, who were given the area around the future city in 1667 by the Grand Duke of Lithuania John II Casimir. Soon after the group of monks built its [[headquarters]] in Wigry, where a [[monastery]] and a [[church]] were built. The new owners of the area started fast use and building of the forests and brought enough settlers to build new villages in the area. Also, production of wood, lumber, tar and iron ore was started. [[File:POL Suwałki COA.svg|thumb|150px|coat of arms]] The town was cut into into 300 lots for future houses and its people were all given [[civil rights]] and did not have taxes for seven years. The town was also given 18.03 square [[kilometres]] of forest that was to be made into land to grow [[crop]]s on. On May 2, 1720, by [[King August II]] let the city keep its rights, and the town was allowed to have one fair a week and four markets a year. A coat of arms was given also, with [[Saint Roch]] and [[Saint Romuald]] on it. In 1794 the area was taken by [[Prussia]]. In 1796 the monastery in Wigry was closed and the ground that it was on was taken by the Prussian [[government]]. The next year local authorities were moved to the town, as well as a group of [[soldier]]s. By the end of [[18th century]], Suwałki had 1,184 people and 216 houses. Many of them were [[Judaism|Jewish]]. In 1807 Suwałki was taken by the Duchy of [[Warsaw]]. After losing [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and the [[Congress of Vienna]], the area was taken by [[Poland]]. The title of a po