page_title: Ełk
section_title: Districts
hierarchical_section_title: Ełk / Districts
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Ełk - widok z lotu ptaka - maj 2018r. English: Ełk - bird's-eye view - May 2018
context_page_description: Ełk, also spelled Elk in English, is a small city in northeastern Poland with 61,156 inhabitants. It was assigned to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999, after belonging to Suwałki Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. Ełk is the seat of Ełk County. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensive forests. It is the largest city and unofficial capital of historical Masuria. One of the principal attractions in the area is legal hunting.
context_section_description: The city of Ełk is divided into 13 administrative units, known in Polish as osiedla
  Baranki
  Centrum
  Jeziorna
  Konieczki
  Osiedle Bogdanowicza
  Osiedle Grunwaldzkie
  Osiedle Kochanowskiego
  Osiedle Tuwima
  Osiedle Wczasowe
  Pod Lasem
  Północ I
  Północ II
  Szyba
  Zatorze
caption: City centre and the Solidarity Park
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