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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
is a city with powiat rights
A city with powiat rights () 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 Powiat, county (), thus being an inde ...
, and is further divided into 18 districts (''dzielnica
In the Polish system of local administration, a dzielnica (Polish plural ''dzielnice'') is an administrative subdivision or quarter of a city or town. A dzielnica may have its own elected council ('' rada dzielnicy'', or ''dzielnica council'') ...
'' ), auxiliary units which are legally integral parts of the city as an entity, but with some limited powers devolved to their own local governments (or ‘self-governments’ as they are typically referred to in Polish).
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
(Polish plural: ) is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its , or of a town, with its own council and executive. Like the and sołectwo, an is an auxiliary unit (''jednostka pomocnicza'') of ...
''), 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
1959–1990
1951/1952–1959
Coats of arms
Some, but not all of the districts use specific coats of arms.References
External links
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