AUGUSTOW, a woiwodship of Poland, which takes its name from the city which is its capital. The woiwodship is the northernmost part of the kingdom, a long strip, extending from the Bug to the Niemen, between long. 21. 20. and 23. 9. E. and lat. 52. 40. and 55. 5. N. Its extent is 6870 square miles, and it incloses the greater portion of the lakes of Poland, and many districts of extensive woods; but it has some patches of good arable
land. It is divided into five obwods or circles, and contains 335,000 inhabitants.