Mazowsze

The region I live in

Alicja Bełdowska

Mazowsze in Poland

Mazowsze is the region in Poland where I live.

It is located more or less in the middle of Poland (Mazowsze is marked pink colour on the map) and it is all lowland – there are no mountains.

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short characteristics:

• province area: 35,47 thousands Km2 (it is 11% of all area in Poland)

• population: 5068 thousands

• main cities are: Warsaw, Plock, Radom, Siedlce and Ostroleka

• main rivers are: Wisla, Bug, Narew, Pilica

• main lakes are: Zdworskie or Zegrzynskie

• forests take 22% of all area of Mazowsze

• National park: Kampinoski

Interesting places in Mazowsze

Places that are worth seeing:

• Warsaw: Old Town, Lazienki park, Royal castle

• Zelazowa Wola – Chopin’s birth place

• Palace in Nieborow

• Podkowa Lesna – town garden near Warsaw

Warsaw Old Town

Podkowa Leśna - Kasyno

Warsaw!!!• It is important and worth

seeing city in Mazowsze because it is the capitol of Poland.

• It was knocked down in the second war but after it was reconstructed.

• You can visit there Old Town or Royal castle.

• There live 1615 thousands of people.

Nature in Mazowsze

• The bigest national park in Mazowsze is Kampinoski National Park.

• It covers the area of 38500 hectares. There are 76 endangered and 226 protected animals spieces. The bigest animal living in the park is elk.

• There are over 300 marked tourist routes.