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Mazovian Voivodeship Województwo mazowieckie
Voivodeship
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Coordinates (Warsaw): 52°13′N 21°0′E / 52.217°N 21.000°E / 52.217; 21.000Coordinates: 52°13′N 21°0′E / 52.217°N 21.000°E / 52.217; 21.000
Country	Poland
Capital	Warsaw
Counties	5 cities, 37 land counties * Ostrołęka Płock Radom Siedlce Warsaw Białobrzegi County Ciechanów County Garwolin County Gostynin County Grodzisk Mazowiecki County Grójec County Kozienice County Legionowo County Lipsko County Łosice County Maków County Mińsk County Mława County Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County Ostrołęka County Ostrów Mazowiecka County Otwock County Piaseczno County Płock County Płońsk County Pruszków County Przasnysz County Przysucha County Pułtusk County Radom County Siedlce County Sierpc County Sochaczew County Sokołów County Szydłowiec County Warsaw West County Węgrów County Wołomin County Wyszków County Żuromin County Zwoleń County Żyrardów County
Area
• Total	35,579 km2 (13,737 sq mi)
Population (2006, 2014)
• Total	5,164,612 5,324,500[1]
Vehicle registration	W
GDP (nominal)[2]	2016
Total	US$107 billion ($230 billion, PPP)
Per capita	US$20,000 ($43,200, PPP)
HDI (2015)	0.902[3] – very high
Website	www.mazovia.pl
further divided into 314 gminas

Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovia Province^[4] (Polish: województwo mazowieckie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ mazɔˈvʲɛtskʲɛ]) is the largest and most populous of the 16 Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5,324,500 inhabitants.^[1] Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.749 million) in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, 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 Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazowsze (sometimes rendered in English as "Mazovia"), with which it is roughly coterminous. However, southern part of the voivodeship, with Radom, historically belongs to Lesser Poland, while Łomża and its surroundings, even though historically part of Mazovia, now is part of Podlaskie Voivodeship.

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.

Mazovia is the centre of science, research, education, industry and infrastructure in the country.^[5] It currently has the lowest unemployment rate in Poland and is classified as a very high income province.^[5] Moreover, it is popular among holidaymakers due to the number of historical monuments and greenery; forests cover over 20% of the voivodeship's area, where pines and oaks predominate in the regional landscape.^[6] Additionally, the Kampinos National Park located within Masovia is a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve.

Population density by gmina (at 2007-01-01)

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".
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Warsaw is the capital of Poland

Radom is part of historical Lesser Poland

Płock is the historical capital of Masovia and former Polish capital

Siedlce is part of historical Lesser Poland

Ostrołęka is part of the ethnocultural region of Kurpie

Pułtusk is one of the oldest towns in Poland

Ciechanów is a former royal city

Żyrardów is one of the youngest cities in the voivodeship, established in 1830

Mińsk Mazowiecki is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area

Pruszków is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area

The counties, shown on the numbered map, are described in the table below.

Map ref.	English and Polish names	Area		Population (2014)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
		(km²)	(sq mi)
City counties
1	Warsaw Warszawa	517	200	1,729,119			1
(2)	Ostrołęka	29	11	52,792			1
(3)	Płock	88	34	122,572			1
(4)	Radom	112	43	217,834			1
(5)	Siedlce	32	12	76,585			1
Land counties
2	Ostrołęka County powiat ostrołęcki	2,099	810	88,240	Ostrołęka *	Myszyniec	11
3	Płock County powiat płocki	1,799	695	111,067	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	81,685	Siedlce *	Mordy	13
6	Żuromin County powiat żuromiński	805	311	39,885	Żuromin	Bieżuń	6
7	Mława County powiat mławski	1,182	456	73,919	Mława		10
8	Przasnysz County powiat przasnyski	1,218	470	53,448	Przasnysz	Chorzele	7
9	Ciechanów County powiat ciechanowski	1,063	410	90,823	Ciechanów	Glinojeck	9
10	Sierpc County powiat sierpecki	853	329	53,215	Sierpc		7
11	Maków County powiat makowski	1,065	411	46,435	Maków Mazowiecki	Różan	10
12	Ostrów Mazowiecka County powiat ostrowski	1,218	470	74,464	Ostrów Mazowiecka	Brok	11
13	Płońsk County powiat płoński	1,384	534	88,612	Płońsk	Raciąż	12
14	Pułtusk County powiat pułtuski	829	320	51,409	Pułtusk		7
15	Wyszków County powiat wyszkowski	876	338	73,929	Wyszków		6
16	Gostynin County powiat gostyniński	616	238	46,345	Gostynin		5
17	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County powiat nowodworski	692	267	78,604	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Nasielsk, Zakroczym	6
18	Legionowo County powiat legionowski	390	151	111,660	Legionowo	Serock	5
19	Wołomin County powiat wołomiński	955	369	230,287	Wołomin	Ząbki, Marki, Kobyłka, Zielonka, Radzymin, Tłuszcz	12
20	Węgrów County powiat węgrowski	1,219	471	67,490	Węgrów	Łochów	9
21	Sokołów County powiat sokołowski	1,131	437	55,511	Sokołów Podlaski	Kosów Lacki	9
22	Sochaczew County powiat sochaczewski	731	282	85,103	Sochaczew		8
23	Warsaw West County powiat warszawski zachodni	533	206	111,550	Ożarów Mazowiecki	Łomianki, Błonie	7
24	Mińsk County powiat miński	1,164	449	150,495	Mińsk Mazowiecki	Sulejówek, Halinów, Kałuszyn	13
25	Łosice County powiat łosicki	772	298	32,046	Łosice		6
26	Żyrardów County powiat żyrardowski	533	206	76,413	Żyrardów	Mszczonów	5
27	Grodzisk Mazowiecki County powiat grodziski	367	142	89,136	Grodzisk Mazowiecki	Milanówek, Podkowa Leśna	6
28	Pruszków County powiat pruszkowski	246	95	158,765	Pruszków	Piastów, Brwinów	6
29	Piaseczno County powiat piaseczyński	621	240	172,929	Piaseczno	Konstancin-Jeziorna, Góra Kalwaria, Tarczyn	6
30	Otwock County powiat otwocki	615	237	122,661	Otwock	Józefów, Karczew	8
31	Grójec County powiat grójecki	1,269	490	98,692	Grójec	Warka, Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, Mogielnica	10
32	Garwolin County powiat garwoliński	1,284	496	108,551	Garwolin	Łaskarzew, Pilawa, Żelechów	14
33	Białobrzegi County powiat białobrzeski	639	247	33,669	Białobrzegi	Wyśmierzyce	6
34	Kozienice County powiat kozienicki	917	354	61,874	Kozienice		7
35	Przysucha County powiat przysuski	801	309	42,869	Przysucha		8
36	Zwoleń County powiat zwoleński	571	220	36,892	Zwoleń		5
37	Szydłowiec County powiat szydłowiecki	452	175	40,340	Szydłowiec		5
38	Lipsko County powiat lipski	748	289	35,426	Lipsko		6
* seat not part of the county

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):^[7]

Protected areas

A moose in the Kampinos National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)

Protected areas in Masovian Voivodeship include one National Park and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

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  Kampinos National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)


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  Bolimów Landscape Park (partly in Łódź Voivodeship)


• Brudzeń Landscape Park


• Bug Landscape Park


• Chojnów Landscape Park


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  Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships)


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  Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)


• Kozienice Landscape Park


• Masovian Landscape Park


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  Podlaskie Bug Gorge Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)

Most popular surnames in the region

1. 
   Kowalski: 26,270


2. 
   Wiśniewski: 21,940


3. 
   Kowalczyk: 21,586


4. 
   Lukasik: 15,562


5. 
   Mazurkiewicz: Founding of Masovia Name.

Historical

Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)

Masovia Voivodeship, 1526–1795 (Polish: Województwo Mazowieckie) 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.

Transport

Koleje Mazowieckie (Masovian Railways)

There are three main road routes that pass through the voivodship: Cork–Berlin–Poznań–Warszawa–Minsk–Moscow–Omsk, Prague–Wrocław–Warsaw–Białystok–Helsinki and Pskov–Gdańsk–Warsaw–Kraków–Budapest.

Currently there are only small stretches of autostrada in the area. However, the A2 autostrada, upon its completion, will be the first autostrada to connect the region, and therefore the capital city, with the rest of Europe. The autostrada will pass directly through the voivodship from east to west connecting it with Belarus and Germany.

The railroad system is based on Koleje Mazowieckie and PKP Intercity.

The main international airport in the region is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport.

Economy

Mazovian Voivodeship is the wealthiest province in Poland. It produces 22% of Polish GDP, and GDP per capita is 160% of country average.

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  Łyszkiewicz Apartment in Warsaw, birthplace of Marie Curie, presently a museum of the Nobel Prize winner
  

  
  

  
  


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  Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, presently a museum of the composer
  

  
  

  
  


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See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Masovian Voivodeship.

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  Second Polish Republic's Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)

References

External links

• Official website


• Things to do in Warsaw