In Germany there are Land (e.g. Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg), in the USA there are the States (e.g. Washington, Arizona), in France administrative regions (e.g. Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).
So what is in Poland...?
Voivodeships
Below more on this subject ^^
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HOW IT STARTED?
Administrative division of Poland. The three-level administrative (territorial) division of Poland was introduced on January 1, 1999. According to it, the territory of Poland was divided into voivodships, then into poviats (including communes with the status of cities with poviat status) and communes.
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MAP OF POLAND
In English. My photo edition
I wrote so that it would be easier for you to understand. However, if you still have a problem, here is a map with the names of Polish cities for beginners:
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1. VOIVODESHIP - MAZOVIA
Mazovia Voivodeship or Mazovia Province (Polish: województwo mazowieckie) - is the largest and most populous of the 16 Polish provinces, or voivodeship, created in 1999.
It occupies 35,579 square kilometers (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5,324,500 inhabitants.
Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.749 million) in the the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (226,000) in the south, Plock (Polish: Płock) (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostroleka (Polish: Ostrołęka) (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.
The province was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazowsze (sometimes rendered in English as "Mazovia"), with which it is roughly coterminous. However, southern part of the voivodeship, with Radom, historically belongs to Lesser Poland, while Lomza (Polish: Łomża) and its surroundings, even though historically part of Mazovia, now is part of Podlachian Voivodeship.
It is bordered by six other voivodeships: Warmian-Masurian to the north, Podlachian to the north-east, Lublin to the south-east, Holy Cross (Polish: Świętokrzyskie) to the south, Lodzkie (Polish: Łódź) to the south-west, and Kuyavian-Pomeranian to the north-west.
Mazovia is the centre of science, research, education, industry and infrastructure in the country. It currently has the lowest unemployment rate in Poland and is classified as a very high income province. Moreover, it is popular among holidaymakers due to the number of historical monuments and greenery; forests cover over 20% of the voivodeship's area, where pines and oaks predominate in the regional landscape. Additionally, the Kampinos National Park located within Masovia is a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve.
FLAG
COAT OF ARMS
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ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
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CITIES AND TOWNS
The voivodeship contains 85 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006)
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PROTECTED AREAS
Protected areas in Masovia Voivodeship include one National Park and nine Landscape Parks
- Kampinos National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)
- Bolimow (Polish: Bolimów) Landscape Park (partly in Lodzkie Voivodeship)
- Brudzen (Polish: Brudzeń) Landscape Park
- Bug Landscape Park
- Chojnow (Polish: Chojnów) Landscape Park
- Gorzno-Lidzbark (Polish: Górzno-Lidzbark) Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)
- Gostynin-Wloclawek (Polish: Gostynin-Włocławek) Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
- Kozienice Landscape Park
- Masovia Landscape Park
- Podlachian Bug Gorge Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)
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MOST POPULAR SURNAMES IN THE REGION
- Kowalski: 26,270
- Wisniewski (Polish: Wiśniewski): 21,940
- Kowalczyk: 21,586
- Lukasik (Polish: Łukasik): 15,562
- Mazurkievich (Polish: Mazurkiewicz): Founding of Masovia Name
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HISTORICAL
Masovia Voivodeship, 1526-1795 (Polish: Województwo Mazowieckie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 15th century until the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Coomonwealth (1795). Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeship, it formed the province (prowincja) of Masovia.
1816-1837
Masovia Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland. It was formed from Warsaw Department, and transformed into Masovia Governorate.
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TRANSPORTATION
There are three main road routes that pass through the voivodeship:
- Cork–Berlin–Poznan–Warsaw–Minsk–Moscow–Omsk
- Prague–Wroclaw–Warsaw–Bialystok–Helsinki
- Pskov–Gdansk–Warsaw–Cracow–Budapest
Currently, there are various stretches of autostrada in the area, with the A2 autostrada connecting the region, and therefore the capital city, with the rest of Europe. The autostrada passes directly through the voivodship from west to east, connecting it with Belarus and Germany. However, the A2 is yet to be built east of Warsaw to connect Poland with Belarus. The S8 expressway connects Warsaw with Bialystok in the neighboring eastern province, along with the S17 being built to connect Warsaw with Lublin.
The railroad system is based on Koleje Mazowieckie and PKP Intercity.
The main international airport in the region is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport.
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ECONOMY
Mazovia Voivodeship is the wealthiest province in Poland. The Gross domestic product (GDP, in Poland PKB) of the province was 112.2 billion € in 2018, accounting for 22.6% of the Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 34,400 € or 114% of the EU27 average in the same year.
UNEMPLOYMENT
The unemployment rate stood at 4.8% in 2017 and was higher than the national and the European average.
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Unemployment rate (in %) | 12.3 | 9.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
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In the next post another region of Poland
If you want to view photos you can search on the Internet under the heading "Mazovia" or "Mazovia Voivodeship" and on these pages:
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