Warmia i Mazury

Warmia i Mazury (officially, the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region or voivodship of north-eastern Poland. The capital is Olsztyn.

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Olsztyn and parts of Suwalki and Elblag voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's two historical lands of Warmia (German: Ermland) and Masuria (Mazury).

The territory is just south of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. It was once the southern part of East Prussia.

The capital of this administrative region is: Olsztyn.
Area: 24,202 km²
Population: 1,460,900.

Administrative division

19 counties (2 city counties + 17 land counties)

Elblag City County
Olsztyn City County
Bartoszyce County, Bartoszyce
Braniewo County, Braniewo
Działdowo County, Działdowo
Elbląg County, Elbląg
Elk County, Ełk
Giżycko County, Giżycko
Iława County, Iława
Kętrzyn County, Kętrzyn
Lidzbark County, Lidzbark Warmiński
Mrągowo County, Mrągowo
Nidzica County, Nidzica
Nowe Miasto County, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Olecko-Gołdap County, Olecko
Olsztyn County, Olsztyn
OstrÃÂ³da County, OstrÃÂ³da
Pisz County, Pisz
Szczytno County, Szczytno

Major cities and towns

(population 2003)

Olsztyn (177,200)
Elblag (130,800)
Elk (57,200)
Ostroda (35,400)
Ilawa (34,000)
Gizycko (31,500)
Ketrzyn (30,100)
Szczytno (27,000)
Bartoszyce (26,400)
Mragowo (23,400)
Dzialdowo (21,100)

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