Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship
Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie | |
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.png) Location athin Poland | |
 Diveesion intae coonties | |
| Coordinates (Olsztyn): 53°47′N 20°30′E / 53.783°N 20.500°E | |
| Kintra |  Poland |
| Caipital | Olsztyn |
| Coonties | 2 ceeties, 19 land coonties *
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| Area | |
| • Total | 24191.8 km2 (9,340.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 1,427,091 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 856,559 |
| • Rural | 570532 |
| Caur plates | N |
| Website | Offeecial Voivodeship's wabsteid |
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Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship, or Warmie-Masurie Province[1] (in Pols: Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ varˈmiɲskɔ maˈzurskʲɛ]), is a voivodeship (province) in northeastren Poland. Its caipital an lairgest ceety is Olsztyn. The voivodeship haes a aurie o 24,192 km2 (9,341 sq mi) an a population o 1,427,091 (as o 2006).
The Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship wis creatit on 1 Januar, 1999, oot o the umwhile Olsztyn Voivodeship an pairts o Suwałki an Elbląg Voivodeships, pursuant tae the Pols local govrenment reforms adoptit in 1998. The province's name derives frae twa historic regions, Warmie an Masurie.
The province borders the Podlaskie Voivodeship tae the east, the Masovie Voivodeship tae the sooth, the Kuyavie-Pomeranie Voivodeship tae the sooth-wast, the Pomeranie Voivodeship tae the wast, the Vistula Lagoon tae the northwast, an the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave o Roushie) tae the north. The region contains the soothren pairt o East Proushie, which Poland teuk ower frae Germany in 1945, while the Soviet Union teuk ower the northren pairt, the present Kaliningrad Oblast.
The Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship haes the lairgest nummer o ethnic Ukrainians livin in Poland[2] due tae forcit relocations (such as Operation Vistula) carriet oot bi the Soviet an Pols Communist authorities.
Ceeties an touns
[eedit | eedit soorce]The voivodeship contains 49 ceeties an touns. These are leetit belaw in descendin order o population (accordin tae offeecial figurs for 2006):[3]
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Admeenistrative diveesion
[eedit | eedit soorce]Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship is dividit intae 21 coonties (powiats): 2 ceety coonties an 19 land coonties. These are further dividit intae 116 gminas.
The coonties are leetit in the follaein table (orderin athin categories is bi decreasin population).
| Scots an Pols names |
Aurie (km²) |
Population (2006) |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| Ceety coonties | |||||
| Olsztyn | 88 | 176,522 | 1 | ||
| Elbląg | 80 | 127,055 | 1 | ||
| Land coonties | |||||
| Olsztyn Coonty powiat olsztyński |
2,840 | 113,529 | Olsztyn * | Dobre Miasto, Biskupiec, Olsztynek, Barczewo, Jeziorany | 12 |
| Ostróda Coonty powiat ostródzki |
1,765 | 105,286 | Ostróda | Morąg, Miłakowo, Miłomłyn | 9 |
| Iława Coonty powiat iławski |
1,385 | 89,960 | Iława | Lubawa, Susz, Kisielice, Zalewo | 7 |
| Ełk Coonty powiat ełcki |
1,112 | 84,760 | Ełk | 5 | |
| Szczytno Coonty powiat szczycieński |
1,933 | 69,289 | Szczytno | Pasym | 8 |
| Kętrzyn Coonty powiat kętrzyński |
1,213 | 66,165 | Kętrzyn | Reszel, Korsze | 6 |
| Działdowo Coonty powiat działdowski |
953 | 65,110 | Działdowo | Lidzbark | 6 |
| Bartoszyce Coonty powiat bartoszycki |
1,309 | 61,354 | Bartoszyce | Górowo Iławeckie, Bisztynek, Sępopol | 6 |
| Pisz Coonty powiat piski |
1,776 | 57,553 | Pisz | Orzysz, Ruciane-Nida, Biała Piska | 4 |
| Giżycko Coonty powiat giżycki |
1,119 | 56,863 | Giżycko | Ryn | 6 |
| Elbląg Coonty powiat elbląski |
1,431 | 56,412 | Elbląg * | Pasłęk, Tolkmicko, Młynary | 9 |
| Mrągowo Coonty powiat mrągowski |
1,065 | 50,087 | Mrągowo | Mikołajki | 5 |
| Braniewo Coonty powiat braniewski |
1,205 | 43,781 | Braniewo | Pieniężno, Frombork | 7 |
| Nowe Miasto Coonty powiat nowomiejski |
695 | 43,388 | Nowe Miasto Lubawskie | 5 | |
| Lidzbark Coonty powiat lidzbarski |
924 | 43,006 | Lidzbark Warmiński | Orneta | 5 |
| Olecko Coonty powiat olecki |
874 | 34,215 | Olecko | 4 | |
| Nidzica Coonty powiat nidzicki |
961 | 33,955 | Nidzica | 4 | |
| Gołdap Coonty powiat gołdapski |
772 | 26,989 | Gołdap | 3 | |
| Węgorzewo Coonty powiat węgorzewski |
693 | 23,641 | Węgorzewo | 3 | |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
Protectit auries
[eedit | eedit soorce]Protected auries in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship include aicht auries designatit as Landscape Parks, as leetit belaw:
- Brodnica Landscape Pairk (partly in Kuyavie-Pomeranie Voivodeship)
- Dylewo Hills Landscape Pairk
- Elbląg Upland Landscape Pairk
- Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Pairk (pairtly in Kuyavie-Pomeranie an Masovie Voivodeships)
- Iława Lake District Landscape Pairk (pairtly in Pomeranie Voivodeship)
- Masurian Landscape Pairk
- Puszcza Romincka Landscape Pairk
- Wel Landscape Pairk
The Łuknajno Lake natur reserve (pairt o Masurian Landscape Pairk) is a protectit wetland steid unner the Ramsar convention, as well as being designatit bi UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.
- ↑ (in Pols) Mniejszości narodowe i etniczne w Polsce Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine on the pages of Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration. Retrieved on 9 September 2007
- ↑ Stat.gov.pl
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