Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship
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Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship, or Warmie-Masurie Province[1] (in Pols: Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, [[Help:IPA/Polish|[vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ var]]ˈmiɲskɔ 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).
Warmie-Masurie Voivodeship Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie | |
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Location athin Poland | |
Diveesion intae coonties | |
Coordinates (Olsztyn): 53°47′N 20°30′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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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.