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List of counties (powiat) and districts (gminy) in this province
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Mazovia (Mazowsze in Polish) lies in the center of present-day Poland in the great central plain between the Warta and the Vistula Rivers. The boundaries of this region reach from the former provinces of Lodz, Wroclawek and Brodnica in the west, to the Belorussian border in the east, with Warsaw in the middle. This land was originally inhabited by two Western Slavic tribes, the Mazovians and the Kuyavians. The Mazovians occupied the land between the Bug and Vistula Rivers. During the 15th and 16th centuries this tribe migrated to the forests of western Lithuania, particularly to Podlaskie, and some others settled in the Duchy of Prussia, which was the Mazurian Lakes district, located to the north of Mazovia.
History Mazovia was incorporated into Poland in the early days of the Piast rule. It became of central importance to the Crown when two Polish kings, Wladyslaw Herman and Boleslaw Krzywousty, had their seat in Plock (1079-1138). Mazovia became one of several rival principalities when King Krzywousty divided the country between his sons. Kazimierz Wielki regained control over the region, though it was ruled by Mazovian dukes until the last of the line died without an heir in 1526.
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