Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie

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Capital city	Olsztyn
Area	24,191.80 km²
Population (2005)  - Density	1,428,601 59/km²
Powiats  - Urban counties  - Land counties	2 19
Communes	116

The Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie) is an administrative region, or voivodeship, of northeastern Poland. Its capital is Olsztyn. It has an area of 24,202 km² and a population of 1,460,900

It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Olsztyn Voivodeship and parts of Suwałki and Elbląg Voivodeships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls the region's two historic lands, Warmia and Masuria, and is also referred to in Polish as Warmia i Mazury.

The voivodeship is south of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. Most of the area was once the southern part of East Prussia.

Contents 1 Administrative divisions 2 Major cities and towns 3 Most popular surnames in the region 4 References

[edit] Administrative divisions

19 counties (2 of them being "city counties"):

• Olsztyn City County
• Elbląg City County

• Bartoszyce County (Bartoszyce)
• Braniewo County (Braniewo)
• Działdowo County (Działdowo)
• Elbląg County (Elbląg)
• Ełk County (Ełk)
• Giżycko County (Giżycko)
• Gołdap County (Gołdap)
• Iława County (Iława)
• Kętrzyn County (Kętrzyn)
• Lidzbark County (Lidzbark Warmiński)
• Mrągowo County (Mrągowo)
• Nidzica County (Nidzica)
• Nowe Miasto County (Nowe Miasto Lubawskie)
• Olecko County (Olecko)
• Olsztyn County (Olsztyn)
• Ostróda County (Ostróda)
• Pisz County (Pisz)
• Szczytno County (Szczytno)

[edit] Major cities and towns

(populations as of 2003)

• Olsztyn (177,200)
• Elbląg (130,800)
• Ełk (57,200)
• Iława (34,000)
• Ostróda (33,400)
• Giżycko (31,500)
• Kętrzyn (30,100)
• Szczytno (27,000)
• Bartoszyce (26,400)
• Mrągowo (23,400)
• Działdowo (21,100)
• Gołdap (13,800)

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

• 1. Wiśniewski: 7,994.
• 2. Kozłowski: 7,764.
• 3. Kowalski: 6,480.

[edit] References

Counties of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
City counties: Elbląg • Olsztyn Land counties: Bartoszyce • Braniewo • Działdowo • Elbląg • Ełk • Giżycko • Gołdap • Iława • Kętrzyn • Lidzbark • Mrągowo • Nidzica • Nowe Miasto • Olecko • Olsztyn • Ostróda • Pisz • Szczytno • Węgorzewo