Strzegowo s is a village

Village

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 on the Wkra

Wkra

Wkra is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew river, with a length of 249 kilometres and the basin area of 5,322 km². .Towns and townships:* Bieżuń* Radzanów* Strzegowo* Glinojeck* Sochocin...

 river in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina

Gmina

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 (administrative district) called Gmina Strzegowo

Gmina Strzegowo

Gmina Strzegowo is a rural gmina in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Strzegowo, which lies approximately 25 kilometres south-west of Mława and 89 km north-west of Warsaw.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is...

. It was formerly known as Strzegowo-Osada ("Strzegowo settlement"). It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Mława and 91 km (57 mi) north-west of Warsaw

Warsaw

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The village has approximarly 2,000 inhabitants. Before World War II

World War II

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, 30% of the population of the village was Jewish

Jews

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