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Mazovia is Poland’s central region. It covers over 11 per cent of Poland’s territory and lies at a crossing of the principal communication routes.

Poland is often described as ‘the heart of Europe’; it is Mazovia, however, that actually deserves this description. Poland lies at the heart of Europe, and Mazovia lies at the heart of Poland. The Mazovia Province (Polish: Województwo Mazowieckie) is Poland’s key junction. It is here that Poland’s principal airport of Okęcie is located, servicing over 80 per cent of the country’s air passenger traffic. Mazovia is crossed by routes of crucial importance to the European economy, including the Paris – Berlin – Warsaw – Moscow road (Europe’s main east-west communication axis), as well as a road from north-eastern Europe to Central Europe. An extensive rail and road network connects Mazovia with the country’s other regions.

In its present-day shape, the Mazovia Province has an area of over 35 500 sq km, equal to over 11 per cent of Poland’s territory. The region’s main river is the Vistula with its right-bank tributaries: the Narew and the Bug. As the region has almost no natural lakes, two artificial lakes, the Zegrze Lake on the outskirts of Warsaw and the Włocławek Lake between Włocławek and Płock, play a major role.

Besides Warsaw, the national capital, Mazovia’s major cities include Radom, Płock, Siedlce, Ciechanów and Ostrołęka.

Like most of Poland’s territory, Mazovia has a temperate climate, intermediate between the continental and the Atlantic climates. In summer, temperatures are in the twenties, in winter they fall below 0ºC.

The project „Regions of Poland” was realized in cooperation with the Offices of the Presidents of the 16 regions of Poland.

Design, coordination, realization – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland

Contents – Offices of the Presidents of the Regions

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