Masovian Voivodeship

This article is about the contemporary administrative unit. For other uses of that name, see Masovian Voivodeship (disambiguation).
Masovian Voivodeship
Województwo mazowieckie
Voivodeship
Flag of Masovian Voivodeship
Flag
Coat of arms of Masovian Voivodeship
Coat of arms
Official logo of Masovian Voivodeship
Brandmark
Motto: 
"Serce Polski" (Heart of Poland)
Location within Poland
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Division into counties
Coordinates (Warsaw): 52°13′N 21°0′E / 52.217°N 21.000°E / 52.217; 21.000
Country Poland
CapitalWarsaw
Counties
5 cities, 37 land counties *
Government
 • BodyExecutive board
 • VoivodeMariusz Frankowski (PO)
 • MarshalAdam Struzik (PSL)
 • EPMasovian constituency
Warsaw constituency
Area
 • Total35,579 km2 (13,737 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total5,411,446[1]
 • Density151/km2 (390/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
 • Total€150.3 billion (2022)
 • Per capita€27,300 (2022)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codePL-14
Vehicle registrationW, A
HDI (2021)0.926[3]
very high · 1st
Websitewww.mazovia.pl
  • further divided into 314 gminas

Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province[4] or Mazowieckie Voivodeship[5] or Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovian Province, etc.[6][7] (Polish: województwo mazowieckie, pronounced [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲɛ] ⓘ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.

Masovian Voivodeship has an area of 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) and had a 2019 population of 5,411,446, making it Poland's largest and most populous province.[1] Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.783 million) in the center of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (212,230) to the south, Płock (119,709) to the west, Siedlce (77,990) to the east, and Ostrołęka (52,071) to the north. It borders six other provinces: Warmia-Mazury to the north, Podlaskie to the northeast, Lublin to the southeast, Holy Cross to the south, Łódź to the southwest, and Kujawy-Pomorze to the northwest.

The name of the province recalls the region's traditional name, Mazovia (in Polish Mazowsze, also spelled Masovia), with which it is roughly coterminous. However, the province's southern part, including Radom, historically belonged to Lesser Poland; while Łomża with environs, though historically part of Mazovia, is now part of Podlaskie Voivodeship.

Masovian Voivodeship is Poland's prime center of science, research, education, industry, and infrastructure.[8] It has Poland's lowest unemployment rate and is a very high-income province.[8] It is also popular with tourists due to the many historical monuments and its over 20% forested area of pine and oak.[9] The province's Kampinos National Park is a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference population was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  4. ^ "Mazowieckie Province". Archiwum Mazowieckie. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  5. ^ "MAZOVIA heart of Poland". Mazowieckie Voivodeship. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  6. ^ Zych, Maciej (9 March 2023). List of English names of major geographical features situated in the territory of the Republic of Poland. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ^ Another English rendering of the province's name derived from the name Mazowsze is "Mazowsze Voivodship" or "Mazowsze Province".
  8. ^ a b "WHY WARSAW? - Aquatherm Warsaw". Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  9. ^ Internet, JSK. "Mazowieckie Province". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2017.