Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship is a voivodeship (province) in Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn.
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Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie | |
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.png) Location within Poland | |
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| Coordinates (Olsztyn): 53°47′N 20°30′E / 53.783°N 20.500°ECoordinates: 53°47′N 20°30′E / 53.783°N 20.500°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Capital | Olsztyn |
| Counties | 2 cities, 19 land counties *
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| Area | |
| • Total | 24,191.8 km2 (9,340.5 sq mi) |
| Population (31-12-2014) | |
| • Total | 1,443,967 |
| • Density | 59.68828/km2 (154.5919/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 856,559 |
| • Rural | 570,532 |
| ISO 3166 code | PL-28 |
| Vehicle registration | N |
| Website | www |
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It was created on January 1, 1999.
Protected areas
Seksty Lake in the Masurian Landscape Park
Protected areas in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship include 8 Landscape Parks, as listed below:
- Brodnica Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
- Dylewo Hills Landscape Park
- Elbląg Upland Landscape Park
- Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Masovian Voivodeships)
- Iława Lake District Landscape Park (partly in Pomeranian Voivodeship)
- Masurian Landscape Park
- Puszcza Romincka Landscape Park
- Wel Landscape Park
The Łuknajno Lake nature reserve is a protected wetland site under the Ramsar convention. It is also a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Media
Battle of Grunwald, painting by Jan Matejko (1878)
Elbląg was one of the main port cities of the Kingdom of Poland and one of the largest and most influential cities in the entire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Monument to victims of the German Nazi Soldau concentration camp in Działdowo
