Economy
Due to its central location and the fact that it contains the capital city of Warsaw, the Masovian Voivodeship is the wealthiest in Poland in terms of GDP per capita. In 2008 it stood at 22,200 Euro (PPP), which is 89% of EU27 average.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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