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Voivodships of Poland
A voivodship (in Polish województwo) has been a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland since the 14th century. As a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, 16 new voivodships were created (effective January 1 1999) and replaced the 49 voivodships which had existed since 1 July 1975.
Today's provinces are largely based on the country's historical regions, whereas those of 1975-1998 were centered on and named for individual cities. The new units range in area from under 10,000 km² (Opole Voivodship) to over 35,000 km² (Masovian Voivodship), and in population from one million (Lubusz Voivodship) to over five million (Masovian Voivodship).
Poland's present voivodships (since 1999)
| Polish voivodships since 1999
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| code
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| Voivodship
| Capital
| Area
km²
| Population
(Dec. 31, 2003)
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| 02
| D
| Lower Silesian
| Wrocław
| 19 947,76
| 2 898 313
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| 04
| C
| Kuyavian-Pomeranian
| Bydgoszcz¹
Toruń²
| 17 969,72
| 2 068 142
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| 06
| L
| Lublin
| Lublin
| 25 114,48
| 2 191 172
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| 08
| F
| Lubusz
| Gorzów Wielkopolski¹
Zielona Góra²
| 13 984,44
| 1 008 786
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| 10
| E
| Łódź
| Łódź
| 18 219,11
| 2 597 094
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| 12
| K
| Lesser Poland
| Kraków
| 15 144,10
| 3 252 949
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| 14
| W
| Masovian
| Warszawa
| 35 597,80
| 5 135 732
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| 16
| O
| Opole
| Opole
| 9 412,47
| 1 055 667
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| 18
| R
| Subcarpathian
| Rzeszów
| 17 926,28
| 2 097 248
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| 20
| B
| Podlasie
| Białystok
| 20 179,58
| 1 205 117
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| 22
| G
| Pomeranian
| Gdańsk
| 18 292,88
| 2 188 918
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| 24
| S
| Silesian
| Katowice
| 12 294,04
| 4 714 982
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| 26
| T
| Świętokrzyskie
| Kielce
| 11 672,34
| 1 291 598
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| 28
| N
| Warmian-Masurian
| Olsztyn
| 24 202,95
| 1 428 885
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| 30
| P
| Greater Poland
| Poznań
| 29 825,59
| 3 359 932
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| 32
| Z
| Western Pomeranian
| Szczecin
| 22 901,48
| 1 696 073
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| (¹) - seat of voivod, (²) - seat of self-government
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Voivodships are combined into bigger regions, which are used for statistical reports.
- REGION I: 7.7 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 50.5% EU average
- REGION II: 8.0 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 39.5% EU average
- REGION III: 6.8 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 28.1% EU average
- REGION IV: 6.1 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 39.5% EU average
- REGION V: 4.0 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 38.3% EU average
- REGION VI: 5.7 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 35.0% EU average
- See also:
Polish voivodships 1975-1998 (49)
since 1989 Third Polish Republic
This reorganization of administrative division of Poland was mainly a result of local government reform acts of 1973-1975. In place of the three-level administrative division (voivodship, county, commune), a new two-level administrative division was introduced (49 small voivodships and communes). The three smallest voivodships -- Warsaw, Cracow and Lodz -- had the special status of municipal voivodship; the city president (mayor) was also provincial governor.
Polish voivodships 1945-1975 (14+2/17+5)
People's Republic of Poland
 Polish voivodships after 1945 After World War II the new administrative division was based on pre-war one. The areas in the East that were not annexed by the Soviet Union had their borders left almost unchanged. Newly acquired territories in the west and north were organised into the voivodships of Szczecin, Wrocław, Olsztyn and partially joined to Gdańsk, Katowice and Poznań voivodships. Two cities were granted voivodship status: Warsaw and Łódź.
In 1950 new voivodships were created: Koszalin - previously part of Szczecin, Opole - previously part of Katowice, and Zielona Góra - previously part of Poznań, Wrocław and Szczecin voivodships. In addition, three other cities were granted the voivodship status: Wrocław, Kraków and Poznań.
Polish voivodships 1921-1939 (16+1)
Second Polish Republic
Polish voivodships in the interbellum
(data as per April 1, 1937)
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car plates
(since 1937)
| Voivodship
Separate city
| Capital
| Area
in 1000 km² (1930)
| Population
in 1000 (1931)
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| 00-19
| City of Warsaw
| Warsaw
| 0,14
| 1179,5
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| 85-89
| warszawskie
| Warsaw
| 31,7
| 2460,9
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| 20-24
| białostockie
| Białystok
| 26,0
| 1263,3
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| 25-29
| kieleckie
| Kielce
| 22,2
| 2671,0
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| 30-34
| krakowskie
| Kraków
| 17,6
| 2300,1
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| 35-39
| lubelskie
| Lublin
| 26,6
| 2116,2
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| 40-44
| lwowskie
| Lwów
| 28,4
| 3126,3
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| 45-49
| łódzkie
| Łódź
| 20,4
| 2650,1
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| 50-54
| nowogródzkie
| Nowogródek
| 23,0
| 1057,2
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| 55-59
| poleskie
| Brześć nad Bugiem
| 36,7
| 1132,2
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| 60-64
| pomorskie
| Toruń
| 25,7
| 1884,4
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| 65-69
| poznańskie
| Poznań
| 28,1
| 2339,6
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| 70-74
| stanisławowskie
| Stanisławów
| 16,9
| 1480,3
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| 75-79 ?
| śląskie
| Katowice
| 5,1
| 1533,5
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| 80-84
| tarnopolskie
| Tarnopol
| 16,5
| 1600,4
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| 90-94
| wileńskie
| Wilno
| 29,0
| 1276,0
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| 95-99
| wołyńskie
| Łuck
| 35,7
| 2085,6
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Polish voivodships 1569-1795
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Poznan Voivodship (województwo poznanskie, Poznań)
- Kalisz Voivodship (województwo kaliskie, Kalisz)
- Gniezno Voivodship (województwo gnieźnieńskie, Gniezno) from 1768
- Sieradz Voivodship (województwo sieradzkie, Sieradz)
- Leczyca Voivodship (województwo łęczyckie, Łęczyca)
- Brzesc Kujawski Voivodship (województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Brześć Kujawski )
- Inowroclaw Voivodship (województwo inoworclawskie, Inowroclaw)
- Chelmno Voivodship (województwo chełmińskie, Chełmno)
- Malbork Voivodship (województwo malborskie, Malbork)
- Pomeranian Voivodship (województwo pomorskie, Gdańsk)
- Duchy of Warmia (Księstwo Warmińskie, Lidzbark Warmiński)
- Duchy of Prussia (Księstwo Pruskie, Lidzbark Warmiński)
- Plock Voivodship (województwo plockie, Płock)
- Rawa Voivodship (województwo rawskie, Rawa Mazowiecka )
- Mazovian Voivodship (województwo mazowieckie, Warszawa)
- Kraków Voivodship (województwo krakowskie, Cracow)
- Sandomierz Voivodship (województwo sandomierskie, Sandomierz)
- Lublin Voivodship (województwo lubelskie, Lublin)
- Podlasie Voivodship (województwo podlaskie, Drohiczyn)
- Ruthenian Voivodship (województwo ruskie, Lwów)
- Belz Voivodship (województwo belzkie, Bełz)
- Wolhynia Voivodship (województwo wołyńskie, Łuck
- Podole Voivodship (województwo podolskie, Kamieniec Podolski)
- Braclaw Voivodship (województwo braclawskie, Bracław)
- Kijów Voivodship (województwo kijowskie, Kijów)
- Chernihów Voivodship (województwo czernichowskie, Chernihóv)
Here the first name given is English, then in brackets - Lithuanian, and then Polish.
- Wilno Voivodship (Vilniaus vaviadija, województwo wileńskie, Vilnius)
- Troki Voivodship (Trakų vaivadija, województwo trockie, Trakai)
- Nowogrodek Voivodship (Naugarduko vaivadija, województwo nowogrodzkie, Nowogródek)
- Brest-Litovsk Voivodship (Lietuvos Brastos vaivadija, województwo brzesko-litewskie, Brześć Litewski)
- Minsk Voivodship (Minsko vaivadija, województwo mińskie, Mińsk)
- Mscislaw Voivodship (Mstslavlio vaivadija, województwo mścisławskie, Mscislaw )
- Smolensk Voivodship (Smolensko vaivadija, województwo smoleńskie, Smoleńsk)
- Vitebsk Voivodship (Vitebsko vaivadija, województwo witebskie, Witebsk)
- Polock Voivodship (Polocko vaivadija, województwo połockie, Połock)
- Duchy of Samogita (emaičių seniūnija, księstwo żmudzkie, Medininkai -Varniai)
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