Wawer

Wawer
Warsaw District
Coat of arms
Location of Wawer within Warsaw
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County/City	Warsaw
Government
• Mayor	Jacek Duchnowski
Area
• Total	79.71 km2 (30.78 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	62,656
• Density	790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+48 22
Website	wawer.warszawa.pl

Wawer [ˈvavɛr] is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-eastern part of the city. The Vistula river runs along its western border. Wawer became a district of Warsaw on October 27, 2002 (previously it was a part of Praga Południe district, and a municipality earlier).

Wawer borders Praga Południe and Rembertów from the north, Wesoła from the east and Wilanów with Mokotów from the west (across the Vistula).

Boroughs

• Aleksandrów
• Anin
• Falenica
• Las
• Marysin Wawerski
• Miedzeszyn
• Międzylesie
• Nadwiśle
• Radość
• Sadul
• Wawer
• Zerzeń.

History

In 1939, the Wawer massacre occurred here.

References

• Urząd Dzielnicy Wawer
• Lokalny Serwis Informacyjny - Wawer
• Serwis "Moja dzielnica" Wawer
• Świdermajer - The characteristic architecture in the area