Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (also known as Warmian-Masurian Province, or by its Polish name województwo warmińsko-mazurskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ varˈmʲiɲskɔ maˈzurskʲɛ] or simply Warmińsko-Mazurskie) is a voivodeship, or province, in north-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of 24,192 square kilometres (9,341 sq mi) and a population of 1,427,091 (as of 2006).
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Olsztyn Voivodeship and parts of Suwałki and Elbląg Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province's name derives from two historic regions, Warmia and Masuria (Polish Mazury).
The province borders Podlaskie Voivodeship to the east, Masovian Voivodeship to the south, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the south-west, Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, the Vistula Lagoon to the north-west, and the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave of Russia) to the north. The region closely corresponds to the southern part of the former East Prussia (part of Germany), which was divided between Poland and the Soviet Union in 1945.
The Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship has the largest number of ethnic Ukrainians living in Poland due to forced relocations (such as Operation Wisła) caried out by the Soviet and Polish Communist authorities.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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