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Gdansk Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975- 1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodship.

Capital city: Gdansk
Statistics (1 January 1992):
Area: 7.400 sq.km
Population: 1.431.600 inhabitants
Population density: 194 inhabitants/sq.km
Administrative division: 47 communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 20

Governors:

• Maciej Plazynski 1990-1997

Major cities and towns (population 1995):

• Gdansk (462,800);
• Gdynia (251,400);
• Tczew (60,600);
• Starogard Gdanski (50,600);
• Wejherowo (47.300);
• Sopot (43,700);
• Rumia (40,000);
• Koscierzyna (23.100);
• Pruszcz Gdanski (21.200),

Other towns (population 1980):

• Kartuzy (12,000);
• PuckPuck (pronounce: Media:Puck. ogg|['puk]]], German Putzig is a town on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea in Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 12,000 inhabitants. It became a marketplace and a seaport as early as 7th century. It achi (11,100);
• WladyslawowoWladyslawowo is a town on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea in the Kashubia or Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland, with some 10,000 inhabitants. Situated in the Puck County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Gdansk Voivodship (10,600).

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Capital city: Gdansk

List of counties in 1946-1975
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

• Gdansk City, miasto Gdansk
• Gdynia City, Miasto Gdynia
• Elblag County , powiat elblaski, Elblag
• Gdansk County, powiat gdanski, Gdansk
• Kartuzy County powiat kartuski, Kartuzy
• Koscierzyna County, powiat koscierzynski, Koscierzyna
• Kwidzyn County, powiat kwidzynski, Kwidzyn
• Lebork County , powiat leborski, Lebork
• Malbork County, powiat malborski, Malbork
• Sea County , powiat morski Puck
• Starogard County , powiat starogardzki, Starogard Gdanski
• Sztum County , powiat sztumski, Sztum
• Tczew County , powiat tczewski, Tczew

New counties established 1946-1975:

• Sopot City, miasto Sopot, previously part of Gdansk County
• Elblag City, miasto Elblag, previously part of Elblag County
• Puck County, powiat puck, Puck, previously part of Sea County
• Wejherowo County, powiat wejherowski, Wejherowo, previously part of Sea County
• Nowy Dwor Gdanski County , powiat nowodworski, Nowy Dwor Gdanski, previously part of Gdansk County

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