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The province was created [[January 1]], [[1999]], out of the former [[Warszawa Voivodeship|Warsaw]], [[Płock Voivodeship|Płock]], [[Ciechanów Voivodeship|Ciechanów]], [[Ostrołęka Voivodeship|Ostrołęka]], [[Siedlce Voivodeship|Siedlce]] and [[Radom Voivodeship]]s, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, ''Masovia'', with which it is roughly coterminous.
The province was created [[January 1]], [[1999]], out of the former [[Warszawa Voivodeship|Warsaw]], [[Płock Voivodeship|Płock]], [[Ciechanów Voivodeship|Ciechanów]], [[Ostrołęka Voivodeship|Ostrołęka]], [[Siedlce Voivodeship|Siedlce]] and [[Radom Voivodeship]]s, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, ''Masovia'', with which it is roughly coterminous.


=== Masovia Voivodeship counties===
=== Masovia province's counties===


Masovia Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties ([[powiat]]): 4 city counties (''miasto na prawach powiatu'') and 38 land counties (''powiat ziemski''), comprising 325 communes ([[gmina]]), which include 85 urban communes or cities.
The Masovia province is divided into 42 counties ([[powiat]]): 4 city counties (''miasto na prawach powiatu'') and 38 land counties (''powiat ziemski''), comprising 325 communes ([[gmina]]), which include 85 urban communes or cities.


[[Image:Mazowsze Numerki.png]]
[[Image:Mazowsze Numerki.png]]

Revision as of 07:59, 21 February 2007

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Masovian Voivodeship (Template:Lang-pl) should preferably be translated as the Masovia province, as it is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish administrative regions or voivodeships created in 1999. It covers an area of 35,598 km² in eastern-central Poland and has nearly 5.1 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw (population 1.6 million) in the center, Radom (227,309) in the south, Płock (130,000) in the west, Siedlce (75,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north.

The province was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom Voivodeships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Masovia, with which it is roughly coterminous.

Masovia province's counties

The Masovia province is divided into 42 counties (powiat): 4 city counties (miasto na prawach powiatu) and 38 land counties (powiat ziemski), comprising 325 communes (gmina), which include 85 urban communes or cities.

  1. Warsaw
  2. Ostrołęka and Ostrołęka County
  3. Płock County and Płock City County
  4. Radom County and Radom City County
  5. Siedlce and Siedlce City County
  6. Żuromin
  7. Mława
  8. Przasnysz
  9. Ciechanów
  10. Sierpc
  11. Maków Mazowiecki
  12. Ostrów Mazowiecka
  13. Płońsk
  14. Pułtusk
  15. Wyszków
  16. Gostynin
  17. Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
  18. Legionowo
  19. Wołomin
  1. Węgrów
  2. Sokołów
  3. Sochaczew
  4. Warszawa Zachód
  5. Mińsk Mazowiecki
  6. Łosice
  7. Żyrardów
  8. Grodzisk Mazowiecki
  9. Pruszków
  10. Piaseczno
  11. Otwock County
  12. Grójec
  13. Garwolin County
  14. Białobrzegi
  15. Kozienice
  16. Przysucha County
  17. Zwoleń
  18. Szydłowiec
  19. Lipsko

Polish names and County Capitals

Administrative map of Mazowieckie Voivodship, as of January 1, 2007. Legend:

Cities and towns

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Warsaw after dark.
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John Paul II Avenue.

The voivodeship has 85 cities and towns, among them 5 cities which are city counties and 30 which are urban communes (gminas). The list below orders them by population and also gives the area (data from December 31, 2005):

  1. Kowalski : 26,270
  2. Wiśniewski : 21,940
  3. Kowalczyk : 21,586

Masovian Voivodeship (1526-1795)

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 to the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeships, it formed the province of Masovia.

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