Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
Województwo mazowieckie | |
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 Location within Poland | |
 Division into counties | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Capital | Warsaw |
| Counties | 5 cities, 37 land counties *
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| Area | |
• Total | 35,579 km2 (13,737 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 5,164,612 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,343,231 |
| • Rural | 1,821,381 |
| Car plates | W |
| Website | http://www.mazowsze.uw.gov.pl/ |
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Masovian Voivodeship (also known as Masovia Province, or by its Polish name of województwo mazowieckie Polish pronunciation: [[] Audio file "o" not foundPolish pronunciation: [j] Audio file "c" not found or simply Mazowieckie) is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5.16 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.7 million) in the centre, Radom (226,000) in the south, Płock (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.
The province was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazowsze (sometimes rendered in English as "Masovia"), with which it is roughly coterminous. However, it must be noted that southern part of the voivodeship, with the city of Radom, historically belongs to Małopolska.
It is bordered by six other voivodeships: Warmian-Masurian to the north, Podlaskie to the north-east, Lublin to the south-east, Świętokrzyskie to the south, Łódź to the south-west, and Kuyavian-Pomeranian to the north-west.
Cities and towns
The voivodeship contains 85 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 [1]):
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1. Warsaw (1,700,536) |
30. Sokołów Podlaski (18,419) |
59. Lipsko (5,826) |
Administrative division
Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties (powiats): 5 city counties (miasto na prawach powiatu) and 37 "land counties" (powiat ziemski). These are subdivided into 314 gminas, which include 85 "urban gminas".
The counties are shown on the numbered map and are listed in the table below.
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English and Polish names |
Area | Population (2006) |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas | |
| (km²) | (sq mi) | ||||||
| City counties | |||||||
| 1 | Warsaw Warszawa |
517 | 200 | 1,700,536 | 1 | ||
| (2) | Ostrołęka | 29 | 11 | 53,758 | 1 | ||
| (3) | Płock | 88 | 34 | 127,307 | 1 | ||
| (4) | Radom | 112 | 43 | 226,372 | 1 | ||
| (5) | Siedlce | 32 | 12 | 77,047 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||||
| 2 | Ostrołęka County powiat ostrołęcki |
2,099 | 810 | 84,344 | Ostrołęka * | Myszyniec | 11 |
| 3 | Płock County powiat płocki |
1,799 | 695 | 106,455 | Płock * | Gąbin, Drobin, Wyszogród | 15 |
| 4 | Radom County powiat radomski |
1,530 | 591 | 145,232 | Radom * | Pionki, Iłża, Skaryszew | 13 |
| 5 | Siedlce County powiat siedlecki |
1,603 | 619 | 80,560 | Siedlce * | Mordy | 13 |
| 6 | Żuromin County powiat żuromiński |
805 | 311 | 40,078 | Żuromin | Bieżuń | 6 |
| 7 | Mława County powiat mławski |
1,182 | 456 | 73,355 | Mława | 10 | |
| 8 | Przasnysz County powiat przasnyski |
1,218 | 470 | 52,948 | Przasnysz | Chorzele | 7 |
| 9 | Ciechanów County powiat ciechanowski |
1,063 | 410 | 91,050 | Ciechanów | Glinojeck | 9 |
| 10 | Sierpc County powiat sierpecki |
853 | 329 | 53,811 | Sierpc | 7 | |
| 11 | Maków County powiat makowski |
1,065 | 411 | 46,474 | Maków Mazowiecki | Różan | 10 |
| 12 | Ostrów Mazowiecka County powiat ostrowski |
1,218 | 470 | 75,073 | Ostrów Mazowiecka | Brok | 11 |
| 13 | Płońsk County powiat płoński |
1,384 | 534 | 87,430 | Płońsk | Raciąż | 12 |
| 14 | Pułtusk County powiat pułtuski |
829 | 320 | 51,033 | Pułtusk | 7 | |
| 15 | Wyszków County powiat wyszkowski |
876 | 338 | 71,558 | Wyszków | 6 | |
| 16 | Gostynin County powiat gostyniński |
616 | 238 | 47,034 | Gostynin | 5 | |
| 17 | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County powiat nowodworski |
692 | 267 | 75,736 | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | Nasielsk, Zakroczym | 6 |
| 18 | Legionowo County powiat legionowski |
390 | 151 | 96,497 | Legionowo | Serock | 5 |
| 19 | Wołomin County powiat wołomiński |
955 | 369 | 202,444 | Wołomin | Ząbki, Marki, Kobyłka, Zielonka, Radzymin, Tłuszcz | 12 |
| 20 | Węgrów County powiat węgrowski |
1,219 | 471 | 67,823 | Węgrów | Łochów | 9 |
| 21 | Sokołów County powiat sokołowski |
1,131 | 437 | 56,823 | Sokołów Podlaski | Kosów Lacki | 9 |
| 22 | Sochaczew County powiat sochaczewski |
731 | 282 | 83,318 | Sochaczew | 8 | |
| 23 | Warsaw West County powiat warszawski zachodni |
533 | 206 | 100,965 | Ożarów Mazowiecki | Łomianki, Błonie | 7 |
| 24 | Mińsk County powiat miński |
1,164 | 449 | 141,048 | Mińsk Mazowiecki | Sulejówek, Halinów, Kałuszyn | 13 |
| 25 | Łosice County powiat łosicki |
772 | 298 | 32,769 | Łosice | 6 | |
| 26 | Żyrardów County powiat żyrardowski |
533 | 206 | 74,662 | Żyrardów | Mszczonów | 5 |
| 27 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki County powiat grodziski |
367 | 142 | 78,208 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki | Milanówek, Podkowa Leśna | 6 |
| 28 | Pruszków County powiat pruszkowski |
246 | 95 | 145,870 | Pruszków | Piastów, Brwinów | 6 |
| 29 | Piaseczno County powiat piaseczyński |
621 | 240 | 145,276 | Piaseczno | Konstancin-Jeziorna, Góra Kalwaria, Tarczyn | 6 |
| 30 | Otwock County powiat otwocki |
615 | 237 | 116,086 | Otwock | Józefów, Karczew | 8 |
| 31 | Grójec County powiat grójecki |
1,269 | 490 | 96,489 | Grójec | Warka, Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, Mogielnica | 10 |
| 32 | Garwolin County powiat garwoliński |
1,284 | 496 | 106,227 | Garwolin | Łaskarzew, Pilawa, Żelechów | 14 |
| 33 | Białobrzegi County powiat białobrzeski |
639 | 247 | 33,545 | Białobrzegi | Wyśmierzyce | 6 |
| 34 | Kozienice County powiat kozienicki |
917 | 354 | 61,614 | Kozienice | 7 | |
| 35 | Przysucha County powiat przysuski |
801 | 309 | 43,822 | Przysucha | 8 | |
| 36 | Zwoleń County powiat zwoleński |
571 | 220 | 37,183 | Zwoleń | 5 | |
| 37 | Szydłowiec County powiat szydłowiecki |
452 | 175 | 40,083 | Szydłowiec | 5 | |
| 38 | Lipsko County powiat lipski |
748 | 289 | 36,669 | Lipsko | 6 | |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||||
Protected areas
Protected areas in Masovian Voivodeship include one National Park and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
- Kampinos National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)
- Bolimów Landscape Park (partly in Łódź Voivodeship)
- Brudzeń Landscape Park
- Bug Landscape Park
- Chojnów Landscape Park
- Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships)
- Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
- Kozienice Landscape Park
- Masovian Landscape Park
- Podlaskie Bug Gorge Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)
Most popular surnames in the region
- Kowalski: 26,270
- Wiśniewski: 21,940
- Kowalczyk: 21,586
Historical
Masovia Voivodeship, 1526-1795 (Template:Lang-pl) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 15th century until the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeships, it formed the province (prowincja) of Masovia.
Masovian Voivodeship (1816-1837)
Masovian Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland. It was formed from Warsaw Department, and transformed into Masovia Governorate.
See also
- Second Polish Republic's Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)
External links
- Mazowiecki Urząd Wojewódzki Official website
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