Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship
Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie | |
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Location within Poland | |
Division into counties | |
| Coordinates (Olsztyn): 53°47′N 20°30′E / 53.783°N 20.500°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Capital | Olsztyn |
| Counties | 2 cities, 19 land counties * |
| Government | |
| • Body | Executive board |
| • Voivode | Radosław Król (PSL) |
| • Marshal | Marcin Kuchciński (PO) |
| • EP | Podlaskie and Warmian–Masurian |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,191.8 km2 (9,340.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,425,967 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 844,177 |
| • Rural | 581,790 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €18.441 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | €14,100 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | PL-28 |
| Vehicle registration | N |
| HDI (2019) | 0.848 very high · 16th |
| Primary airport | Olsztyn-Mazury Airport |
| Highways | |
| Website | www |
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Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of 24,192 km2 (9,341 sq mi) and in 2019 had a population of 1,425,967.
Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 from the entire Olsztyn Voivodeship, the western half of Suwałki Voivodeship, and part of Elbląg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name derives from two historic regions, Warmia and Masuria, although also parts of other regions are located within the province, i.e. of Chełmno Land, Powiśle, Mazovia, Bartia and Natangia.
The province borders Podlaskie Voivodeship to the east, Masovian Voivodeship to the south, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the southwest, Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, the Vistula Lagoon to the northwest, and the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave of Russia) to the north.