Warmia i Mazury
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Warmia i Mazury (officially, the
Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region or
voivodship of north-eastern
Poland. The capital is
Olsztyn.
It was created on 1 January
1999 out of the former
Olsztyn and parts of
Suwalki and
Elblag voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's two historical lands of
Warmia (German: Ermland) and
Masuria (Mazury).
The territory is just south of
Russia's
Kaliningrad Oblast. It was once the southern part of
East Prussia.
The capital of this administrative region is:\n
Olsztyn.\n
Area: 24,202 km²\n
Population: 1,460,900.
Administrative division
19 counties (2 city counties + 17 land counties)
- Elblag City County\n* Olsztyn City County
- Bartoszyce County, Bartoszyce\n* Braniewo County, Braniewo\n* Działdowo County, Działdowo\n* Elbląg County, Elbląg\n* Elk County, Ełk\n* Giżycko County, Giżycko\n* Iława County, Iława\n* Kętrzyn County, Kętrzyn\n* Lidzbark County, Lidzbark Warmiński\n* Mrągowo County, Mrągowo\n* Nidzica County, Nidzica\n* Nowe Miasto County, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie\n* Olecko-Gołdap County, Olecko\n* Olsztyn County, Olsztyn\n* Ostróda County, Ostróda\n* Pisz County, Pisz\n* Szczytno County, Szczytno
Major cities and towns
\n(population 2003)
- Olsztyn (177,200)\n*Elblag (130,800) \n*Elk (57,200)\n*Ostroda (35,400) \n*Ilawa (34,000) \n*Gizycko (31,500) \n*Ketrzyn (30,100) \n*Szczytno (27,000)\n*Bartoszyce (26,400) \n*Mragowo (23,400) \n*Dzialdowo (21,100)
\nCategory:Regions of Poland
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