Voivodships of Poland

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A voivodship (in Polish wojew�dztwo) is a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland since the 14th century. As a result of Local Government Reogranization 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).

Table of contents

1 Poland's present voivodships (since 1999)

2 Polish voivodships 1975-1998 (49)

3 Polish voivodships 1950-1975 (17+5)

4 Polish voivodships 1945-1950 (14+2)

5 Polish voivodships 1921-1939 (16+1)

6 Polish voivodships 1569-1795

6.1 Province of Greater Poland
6.2 Province of Lesser Poland
6.3 Grand Duchy of Lithuania
6.4 Livonia

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Poland's present voivodships (since 1999)

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Voivodships are combined into bigger regions, that are used for statistical reports.

REGION I: 7.7 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 50.5% EU avarage
- Masovian Voivodship (Mazowieckie, MA)
- Lodz Voivodship (Lodzkie, LD)

REGION II: 8.0 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 39.5% EU avarage
- Silesian Voivodship (Slaskie, SL)
- Lesser Poland Voivodship (Malopolskie, MP)

REGION III: 6.8 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 28.1% EU avarage
- Swietokrzyskie Voivodship (Swietokrzyskie, SW)
- Subcarpathian Voivodship (Podkarpackie, PK)
- Podlasie Voivodship (Podlaskie, PD)
- Lublin Voivodship (Lubelskie, LU)

REGION IV: 6.1 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 39.5% EU avarage
- Greater Poland Voivodship (Wielkopolskie, WP)
- Lubusz Voivodship (Lubuskie, LB)
- West Pomeranian Voivodship (Zachodniopomorskie, ZP)

REGION V: 4.0 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 38.3% EU avarage
- Lower Silesian Voivodship (Dolnoslaskie, DS)
- Opole Voivodship (Opolskie, OP)

Contour map of Poland

REGION VI: 5.7 million inhabitants, GDP per capita 35.0% EU avarage
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (Kujawsko-Pomorskie, KP)
- Pomeranian Voivodship (Pomorskie, PM)
- Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (Warminsko-Mazurskie, WM)

See also Map of Polish Regions (http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/teksty/wydanie_040302/kraj_a_7-1.F.jpg)

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For a table with area and population figures, see the Polish ("Polski") version of this page.

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Voivodships of Poland Greater Poland \| Kuyavia-Pomerania \| Lesser Poland \| Lodz \| Lower Silesia \| Lublin \| Lubusz \| Masovia \| Opole \| Podlachia \| Pomerania \| Swietokrzyskie \| Silesia \| Subcarpathia \| Warmia and Masuria \| West Pomerania
Principal cities Warsaw \| Ł�dź \| Krak�w \| Wrocław \| Poznań \| Gdańsk \| Szczecin \| Bydgoszcz \| Lublin \| Katowice \| Białystok \| Częstochowa \| Gdynia \| Toruń \| Radom \| Kielce \| Rzesz�w \| Olsztyn

Polish voivodships 1975-1998 (49)

since 1989 Third Polish Republic

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This reorganisation of administrative division of Poland was mainly a result of local government reform acts of 1973-1975. In place of three level administrative division (voivodship, county, commune), new two-level administrative division was introduced (49 small voidships and communes). The three smallest voivodships: Warsaw, Cracow and Lodz had a special status of municipal voivodship; the city president (mayor) was also province governor.

(English name, Polish name, abbrevation, capital city)

Biala Podlaska Voivodship (wojew�dztwo bialskopodlaskie, bp, Biala Podlaska)
Bialystok Voivodship (wojew�dztwo białostockie, bk, Bialystok)
Bielsko-Biala Voivodship (wojew�dztwo bielskie, bb, Bielsko-Biala)
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (wojew�dztwo bydgoskie, by, Bydgoszcz)
Chelm Voivodship (wojew�dztwo chełmskie, ch, Chelm)
Ciechanow Voivodship (wojew�dztwo ciechanowskie, ci, Ciechanow)
Czestochowa Voivodship (wojew�dztwo częstochowskie, cz, Czestochowa)
Elblag Voivodship (wojew�dztwo elbląskie, el Elblag)
Gdansk Voivodship (wojew�dztwo gdańskie, gd, Gdansk)
Gorzow Voivodship (wojew�dztwo gorzowskie, go, Gorzow Wielkopolski)
Jelenia Gora Voivodship (wojew�dztwo jeleniog�rskie, jg, Jelenia Gora)
Kalisz Voivodship (wojew�dztwo kaliskie, kl, Kalisz)
Katowice Voivodship (wojew�dztwo katowickie, ka, Katowice)
Kielce Voivodship (wojew�dztwo kieleckie, ki, Kielce)
Konin Voivodship (wojew�dztwo konińskie, kn, Konin)
Koszalin Voivodship (wojew�dztwo koszalińskie, ko, Koszalin)
Krak�w Voivodship (wojew�dztwo krakowskie, kr , Krak�w)
Krosno Voivodship (wojew�dztwo krośnieńskie, ks, Krosno)
Lodz Voivodship (wojew�dztwo ł�dzkie, ld, Lodz)
Leszno Voivodship (wojew�dztwo leszczyńskie, le, Leszno)
Legnica Voivodship (wojew�dztwo legnickie, lg, Legnica)
Lomza Voivodship (wojew�dztwo łomżyńskie, lo, Lomza)
Lublin Voivodship (wojew�dztwo lubelskie, lu, Lublin)
Nowy Sacz Voivodship (wojew�dztwo nowosądeckie, ns, Nowy Sacz)
Olsztyn Voivodship (wojew�dztwo olsztyńskie, ol, Olsztyn)
Opole Voivodship (wojew�dztwo opolskie, op, Opole)
Ostroleka Voivodship (wojew�dztwo ostrołęckie, os, Ostroleka)
Pila Voivodship (wojew�dztwo pilskie, pi, Pila)
Piotrkow Trybunalski Voivodship (wojew�dztwo piotrkowskie, pt, Piotrkow Trybunalski)
Plock Voivodship (wojew�dztwo płockie, pl, Plock)
Poznan Voivodship (wojew�dztwo poznańskie, po, Poznan)
Przemysl Voivodship (wojew�dztwo przemyskie, pr, Przemysl)
Radom Voivodship (wojew�dztwo radomskie, rs, Radom)
Rzeszow Voivodship (wojew�dztwo rzeszowskie, rz, Rzeszow)
Siedlce Voivodship (wojew�dztwo siedleckie, se, Siedlce)
Sieradz Voivodship (wojew�dztwo sieradzkie, si, Sieradz)
Skierniewice Voivodship (wojew�dztwo skierniewickie, sk, Skierniewice)
Slupsk Voivodship (wojew�dztwo słupskie, sl, Slupsk)
Suwalki Voivodship (wojew�dztwo suwalskie, su, Suwalki)
Szczecin Voivodship (wojew�dztwo szczecińskie, sz, Szczecin)
Tarn�w Voivodship (wojew�dztwo tarnowskie, ta, Tarn�w)
Tarnobrzeg Voivodship (wojew�dztwo tarnobrzeskie, tg, Tarnobrzeg)
Torun Voivodship (wojew�dztwo toruńskie, to, Torun)
Walbrzych Voivodship (wojew�dztwo wałbrzyskie, wb, Walbrzych)
Warszawa Voivodship (wojew�dztwo warszawskie, wa, Warszawa)
Wloclawek Voivodship (wojew�dztwo włocławskie, wl, Wloclawek)
Wroclaw Voivodship (wojew�dztwo wrocławskie, wr, Wroclaw)
Zamosc Voivodship (wojew�dztwo zamojskie, za, Zamosc)
Zielona Gora Voivodship (wojew�dztwo zielonog�rskie, zg, Zielona Gora)

Polish voivodships 1950-1975 (17+5)

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In 1950 new voivodships created: Koszalin - previously part of Szczecin, Opole - previously part of Katowice, and Zielona G�ra - previously part of Poznan, Wroclaw and Szczecin voivodships.

1950-1975 2 cities with voivodship status: Warsaw and Lodz,
1957-1975 5 cities with voivodship status: additionally Wroclaw , Krak�w and Poznan.

Bialystok Voivodship (woj.bialostockie, Bialystok)
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (woj.bydgoskie, Bydgoszcz)
Gdansk Voivodship (woje�wdztwo gdanskie, Gdansk)
Katowice Voivodship (woje�wdztwo katowickie, Katowice)
Kielce Voivodship (woje�wdztwo kieleckie, Kielce)
Koszalin Voivodship (wojew�dztwo koszalinskie, Koszalin)
Krak�w Voivodship (wojew�dztwo krakowskie, Krak�w)
Lodz Voivodship (wojew�dztwo lodzkie, Lodz)
Lublin Voivodship (wojew�dztwo lubelskie, Lublin)
Olsztyn Voivodship (wojew�dztwo olsztynskie, Olsztyn)
Opole Voivodship (wojew�dztwo opolskie, Opole)
Poznan Voivodship (wojew�dztwo poznanskie, Poznan)
Rzeszow Voivodship (wojew�dztwo rzeszowskie, Rzeszow)
Szczecin Voivodship (wojew�dztwo szczecinskie, Szczecin)
Warszawa Voivodship (wojew�dztwo warszawskie, Warszawa)
Wroclaw Voivodship (wojew�dztwo wroclawskie, Wroclaw)
Zielona Gora Voivodship (wojew�dztwo zielonogorskie, zg, Zielona Gora)

Polish voivodships 1945-1950 (14+2)

People's Republic of Poland

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Newly acquired teritories in the west and north organized into the voivodships of Szczecin, Wroclaw, Olsztyn and partly joined to Gdansk, Katowice and Poznan voivodships.