Masuria
Also known as Mazury
Masuria ( ; ; ) is an ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland, known for its 2,000 lakes. Masuria occupies much of the Masurian Lake District. Administratively, it is part of the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship (administrative area/province). Its biggest city, often regarded as its capital, is Ełk. The region covers a territory of some 10,000 km2 which approximately 500,000 people inhabit.
Key facts
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- Masuria
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- Mazurÿ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Ethnographic and geographic region
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- Mazury na mapie adm. Polski.svg
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- Location of Masuria (shown in blue) on the map of Poland
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- Country
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- Poland
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- Voivodeship
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- Warmian–Masurian
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 10,000
- Settlement.population_total
- 500,000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
Article
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory and early history
- Old Prussians
- Teutonic Order
- Ducal Prussia
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Ethno-linguistic structure
- German Empire
- Interbellum
- Polish Masuria — the Działdowo county
- Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany
- World War II
- Masuria after World War II
- Modern Masuria
- Landscape
- Cities and towns
- Notable people from Masuria
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Masuria ( ; ; ) is an ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland, known for its 2,000 lakes. Masuria occupies much of the Masurian Lake District. Administratively, it is part of the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship (administrative area/province). Its biggest city, often regarded as its capital, is Ełk. The region covers a territory of some 10,000 km2 which approximately 500,000 people inhabit.
Masuria is bordered by Warmia, Powiśle and Chełmno Land in the west, Mazovia in the south, Podlachia and Suwałki Region in the east, and Lithuania Minor in the north.
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