The
Masovian Voivodship (in
Polish województwo Mazowieckie) is the largest and most populous of the sixteen
Polish administrative regions or
voivodships created in
1999. It covers an area of 35,598 km² in
eastern-central Poland and contains nearly 5.1 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are
Warsaw (population 1.6 million) in the
centre,
Radom (230,000) in the south,
Plock (130,000) in the west,
Siedlce[?] (75,000) in the east, and
Ostroleka (55,000) in the north. The province is named for the historical region of
Masovia with which it more or less corresponds.
