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Zambrów County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
BZA

Population
  
44,798 (2006)

Voivodeship
  
Podlaskie Voivodeship

Seat
  
Zambrów

Area
  
733.1 km²

Capital
  
Zambrów

Zambrów County

Gminas
  
Total 5 (incl. 1 urban) Zambrów Gmina Kołaki Kościelne Gmina Rutki Gmina Szumowo Gmina Zambrów

Zambrów County (Polish: powiat zambrowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 only town is Zambrów, which lies 64 kilometres (40 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

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Map of Zambr%C3%B3w County, Poland

The county covers an area of 733.11 square kilometres (283.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 44,798, out of which the population of Zambrów is 22,700 and the rural population is 22,098.

Neighbouring counties

Zambrów County is bordered by Łomża County to the north, Białystok County and Wysokie Mazowieckie County to the east, and Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the south-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

Zambrów County Wikipedia