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New East PrussiaNew East Prussia (German Neu-Ostpreussen) was the easternmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia between 1795 and 1807, created from areas acquired during the third Partition of Poland, with Warsaw as a capital. The area of the province was less then 55,000 km and population was approximately 1 million inhabitants. The province ceased to exist when Napoleon liberated it in 1807, and the territory became a part of the Duchy of Warsaw, except the Bialystok district which was ceded to Russia. In 1806, New East Prussia had 914,610 inhabitants, and was divided into two "departments": Bialystok ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Bialystok") included the counties ("Kreise") of Plozk ("Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Plozk") included the counties ("Kreise") of:
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