Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

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city with powiat rights A city with powiat rights ( pl, miasto na prawach powiatu) is in Poland a designation denoting 66 of the 107 cities (the urban gminas which are governed by a city mayor or ''prezydent miasta'') which exercise also the powers and duties of a county ...

, and is further divided into 18 districts ('' dzielnica'' ), auxiliary units which are integral parts of the city as an entity, but with some limited powers devolved to their own local self-governments. The current division into quarters was established in 2002. The 18 districts are informally divided broadly into the inner and outer city quarters, as follows: *inner city districts **Śródmieście **Mokotów **Ochota **Wola **Żoliborz **Praga Południe **Praga Północ *outer city (or "wreath") districts **Bemowo **Białołęka **Bielany **Rembertów **Targówek **Ursus **Ursynów **Wawer **Wesoła **Wilanów **Włochy

Districts of Warsaw

Neighbourhoods

Each of the districts is customarily subdivided into several smaller areas, known under the designation of a neighbourhood ('' osiedle''), a unit with no legal or administrative powers, used for statistics or as a designation within the city localization system (Miejski System Informacji).

History

1994-2002

1990-1994

Districts of Warsaw

Neighbourhoods

History

1994-2002

1990-1994

1959–1990

1951/1952–1959

Coats of arms

References

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