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Dukla [ˈdukla]; Ukrainian: Дукля, Duklya] is a town and an eponymous municipality in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodship. The town is populated by 2,127 people (02.06.2009). while the total population of the commune (gmina) containing the town and the villages surrounding it is 16,640. The total area of the commune is 333,04 km².
The Dukla mountain pass is located in the Carpathians, a few kilometers south of Dukla, on the border with Slovakia and was a scene of a major battle in 1944.
The city of Krosno is located to the north of Dukla.
Coordinates: 49°34′N 21°41′E / 49.567°N 21.683°E / 49.567; 21.683