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Ełk County

powiat of Poland
AdministrativeArea powiat Q1135368
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Summary

Ełk County is a powiat[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of powiat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship[3]
  • Country: Poland[4]
  • Capital: Ełk[5]
  • Shares border with: Olecko County[6], Suwałki County[7], Giżycko County[8], Pisz County[9], Augustów County[10], Grajewo County[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Gmina Stare Juchy[12], Gmina Prostki[13], Ełk[14], Gmina Kalinowo[15], Gmina Ełk[16]
  • Flag: Flags of Counties in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship[17]
  • Coat of arms: Herb powiatu ełckiego[18]
  • Postal code: 19-300[19]
  • Commons category: Powiat ełcki[20]
  • Licence plate code: NEL[21]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Masurian Lake District[22]
  • Official website: http://www.powiat.elk.pl[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ełk County[24]
  • Population: 91,560[25], 88,530[26]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Ełk County[27]
  • Area: 1111.87 km²[28]

Why It Matters

Ełk County has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Poland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . Statistics Poland. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · EUPBR · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Ełk wieża 10.09.2017-1s.jpg"
  2. 23w ago · Gower · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → —
    Located in/on physical feature → Masurian Lake District
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30868|batch #30868]]: Poland Pojezierze Mazurskie entities +P706"
  3. 23w ago · Gower · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Population → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Ełk County
    Coat of arms → Herb powiatu ełckiego
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30866|batch #30866]]: Poland Masurian Lake District entities +P276"
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