| Gmina Karczew Karczew Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Karczew): 52°5′N21°15′E / 52.083°N 21.250°E Coordinates: 52°5′N21°15′E / 52.083°N 21.250°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Masovian | ||
| County | Otwock | ||
| Seat | Karczew | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 81.49 km2 (31.46 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 15,919 | ||
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 10,396 | ||
| • Rural | 5,523 | ||
| Website | http://www.karczew.pl | ||
Gmina Karczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Karczew, which lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Otwock and 23 km (14 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".
Otwock County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Otwock, which lies 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Warsaw. The county also contains the towns of Józefów, lying 3 km (2 mi) north-west of Otwock, and Karczew, 4 km (2 mi) south of Otwock.
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 81.49 square kilometres (31.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,919 (out of which the population of Karczew amounts to 10,396, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,523).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Masovian Landscape Park.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.
Masovian Landscape Park is a protected area in east-central Poland, established in 1986, covering an area of 143.7 square kilometres (55.5 sq mi).
