| Gmina Borowie Borowie Commune | ||
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| Gmina | ||
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| Coordinates(Borowie): 51°56′54″N21°45′56″E / 51.94833°N 21.76556°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Masovian | |
| County | Garwolin | |
| Seat | Borowie | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 80.41 km2 (31.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 5,131 | |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Website | http://www.borowie.pl/ | |
Gmina Borowie is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Borowie, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Garwolin and 61 km (38 mi) south-east of Warsaw.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Garwolin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Garwolin, which lies 56 kilometres (35 mi) south-east of Warsaw. The county contains three other towns: Łaskarzew, 13 km (8 mi) south of Garwolin, Pilawa, 10 km (6 mi) north-west of Garwolin, and Żelechów, 22 km (14 mi) south-east of Garwolin.
Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovia Province is the largest and most populous of the 16 Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5,324,500 inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (226,000) in the south, Płock (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.
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The gmina covers an area of 80.41 square kilometres (31.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,131.
