Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
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Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (Polish: Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie) (german: Ermland) is an administrative region, or voivodship, of northeastern Poland. Its capital is Olsztyn. It has an area of 24,202 km² and a population of 1,460,900
It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Olsztyn Voivodship and parts of Suwałki and Elbląg Voivodships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's two historic lands, Warmia and Masuria, and is also referred to in Polish as Warmia i Mazury.
The voivodship is south of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. Much of the area was once the southern part of East Prussia.
Administrative divisions
19 counties (2 of them being "city counties"):
- Bartoszyce County (Bartoszyce)
- Braniewo County (Braniewo)
- Działdowo County (Działdowo)
- Elbląg County (Elbląg)
- Ełk County (Ełk)
- Giżycko County (Giżycko)
- Iława County (Iława)
- Kętrzyn County (Kętrzyn)
- Lidzbark County (Lidzbark Warmiński)
- Mrągowo County (Mrągowo)
- Nidzica County (Nidzica)
- Nowe Miasto County (Nowe Miasto Lubawskie)
- Olecko-Gołdap County (Olecko)
- Olsztyn County (Olsztyn)
- Ostróda County (Ostróda)
- Pisz County (Pisz)
- Szczytno County (Szczytno)
Major cities and towns
(populations as of 2003)
- Olsztyn (177,200)
- Elbląg (130,800)
- Ełk (57,200)
- Ostróda (35,400)
- Iława (34,000)
- Giżycko (31,500)
- Kętrzyn (30,100)
- Szczytno (27,000)
- Bartoszyce (26,400)
- Mrągowo (23,400)
- Działdowo (21,100)
Most popular
- 1. Wiśniewski: 7,994.
- 2. Kozłowski: 7,764.
- 3. Kowalski: 6,480.
References
| Voivodeships of Poland |
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| Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Łódź | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Świętokrzyskie | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania | |
| Principal cities: Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn | |
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