Wikipedia: Masovian Voivodship

Masovian Voivodship
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The Masovian Voivodship (in Polish województwo mazowieckie) is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish administrative regions or voivodships created in 1999. It covers an area of 35,598 km² in eastern-central Poland and contains nearly 5.1 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw (population 1.6 million) in the centre, Radom (230,000) in the south, Plock (130,000) in the west, Siedlce (75,000) in the east, and Ostroleka (55,000) in the north.

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Warsaw, Plock, Ciechanow, Ostroleka, Siedlce and Radom voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Mazovia (Mazowsze) with which it more or less corresponds.

Administrative division

42 counties (4 city counties + 38 land counties), and 325 communes (including 85 urban communes or cities).

Ostrołęka City County (Ostrołeka - miasto na prawach powiatu)
Płock City County (Płock - miasto na prawach powiatu)
Radom City County (Radom - miasto na prawach powiatu)
Siedlce City County (Siedlce - miasto na prawach powiatu)
Bialobrzegi County, powiat białobrzeski, Bialobrzegi
Ciechanow County, powiat ciechanowski, Ciechanow
Garwolin County, powiat garwoliński, Garwolin
Gostynin County, powiat gostyniński, Gostynin
Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, powiat grodziski (mazowiecki), Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Grojec County, powiat grójecki, Grojec
Kozienice County, powiat kozienicki, Kozienice
Legionowo County, powiat legionowski, Legionowo
Lisko County, powiat lipski, Lisko
Losice County, powiat łosicki, Losice
Makow County, powiat makowski, Makow
Minsk Mazowiecki County, powiat miński, Minsk Mazowiecki
Mlawa County, powiat mławski, Mlawa
Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki County, powiat nowodworski (mazowiecki), Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki
Ostroleka County, powiat ostrołęcki, Ostroleka
Ostrow Mazowiecka County, powiat ostrowski (mazowiecki), Ostrow Mazowiecka
Otwock County, powiat otwocki, Otwock
Piaseczno County, powiat piaseczyński, Piaseczno
Plock County, powiat płocki, Plock
Plonsk County, powiat płoński, Plonsk
Pruszkow County, powiat pruszkowski, Pruszkow
Przasnysz County, powiat przasnyski, Przasnysz
Przysucha County, powiat przysuski, Przysucha
Pultusk County, powiat pułtuski, Pultusk
Radom County, powiat radomski, Radom
Siedlce County, powiat siedlecki, Siedlce
Sierpc County, powiat sierpecki, Sierpc
Sochaczew County, powiat sochaczewski, Sochaczew
Sokolow Podlaski County, powiat sokołowski, Sokolow Podlaski
Szydlowiec County, powiat szydłowiecki, Szydlowiec
Warszawa County, powiat warszawski, Warsaw
Warszawa-West County, powiat warszawski zachodni, Warsaw
Wegrow County, powiat węgrowski, Wegrow
Wolomin County, powiat wołomiński, Wolomin
Wyszkow County, powiat wyszkowski, Wyszkow
Zwolen County, powiat zwoleński, Zwolen
Zuromin County, powiat żuromiński, Zuromin
Zyrardow County, powiat żyrardowski, Zyrardow

Major cities and towns

(population in 2003):

Warsaw (1,607,600)
Radom (229,700)
Plock (130,700)
Siedlce (78,100)
Ostroleka (56,200)
Pruszkow (53,200)
Legionowo (52,100)
Ciechanow (47,900)
Otwock (44,400)
Zyrardow (43,400)
Sochaczew (39,400)
Minsk Mazowiecki (37,600)
Wolomin (36,500)
Mlawa (31,200)
Piaseczno (28,200)
Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki (27,600)
Wyszkow (27,200)
Grodzisk Mazowiecki (26,600)
Piastow (24,200)
Ostrow Mazowiecka (23,800)
Plonsk (23,300)
Pionki (21,800)
Kozienice (21,600)
Gostynin (20,100)