Voivodships Of Poland Poland's Present Voivodships (since 1999)

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).

1 Poland's present voivodships (since 1999)

Polish voivodships since 1999
code	car plates	Voivodship	Capital	Area km²	Population ( Dec. 31, 2003)
02	D	Lower Silesian	Wroclaw	19 947,76	2 898 313
04	C	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	[:bidg]]], German Bromberg see also other names is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). It has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1¹ TorunTorun (pronounce: Media:Torun. ogg\|[:tru]]], Kashubian: Torn German Thorn see also other names) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river. It has 208,386 inhabitants ( 2004). One of the capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999),²	17 969,72	2 068 142
06	LL is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet. History The letter L is derived ultimately from the Semitic Lamed which stood for the phonetic value l as did the Greek letter Lambda Λ (upper case) or λ (lower case), as well as the equivalent	Lublin1999 Lublin Voivodship (in Polish wojewodztwo lubelskie is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the eastern part of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Lublin (2), Chelm, Zamosc, Biala Podlaska and partly T	['lublin]]]) is the biggest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodship with a population of 355,954 (2004). History The first permanent settlement on the site of Lublin was located in the present subur	25 114,48	2 191 172
08	FThe letter F is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet. History F developed from the digraph FH that stood for /f/. The Etruscans were the inventors of this digraph; F on its own stood for /w/ in Etruscan as in Greek (where the letter F,called Digamma in	Lubusz	Gorzów Wielkopolski¹ Zielona Góra²	13 984,44	1 008 786
10	E	Lódz	Lódz	18 219,11	2 597 094
12	K	Lesser Poland	Kraków	15 144,10	3 252 949
14	W	Masovian	Warszawa	35 597,80	5 135 732
16	O	Opole	Opole	9 412,47	1 055 667
18	R	Subcarpathian	Rzeszów	17 926,28	2 097 248
20	B	Podlasie	Bialystok	20 179,58	1 205 117
22	G	Pomeranian	Gdansk	18 292,88	2 188 918
24	S	Silesian	Katowice	12 294,04	4 714 982
26	T	Swietokrzyskie	Kielce	11 672,34	1 291 598
28	N	Warmian-Masurian	Olsztyn	24 202,95	1 428 885
30	P	Greater Poland	Poznan	29 825,59	3 359 932
32	Z	Western Pomeranian	Szczecin	22 901,48	1 696 073
(¹) - seat of voivod, (²) - seat of self-government

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

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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 \| Lódz \| Kraków \| Wroclaw \| Poznan \| Gdansk \| Szczecin \| Bydgoszcz \| Lublin \| Katowice \| Bialystok \| Czestochowa \| Gdynia \| Torun \| Radom \| Kielce \| Rzeszów \| Olsztyn

2 Polish voivodships 1975- 1998 (49)

since 1989 Third Polish Republic

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.

Abbreviation	Voivodship	Capital	Area km² (1998)	Population (1980)	No. of cities	No. of communes
Polish voivodships and separate cities 1975-1998
bp	bialskopodlaskie	Biala Podlaska	5348	286 400	6	35
bk	bialostockie	Bialystok	10 055	641 100	17	49
bb	bielskie	Bielsko-Biala	3 704	829 900	18	47
by	bydgoskie	Bydgoszcz	10 349	1 036 000	27	55
ch	chelmskie	Chelm	3 865	230 900	4	25
ci	ciechanowskie	Ciechanów	6 362	405 400	9	45
cz	czestochowskie	Czestochowa	6 182	747 900	17	49
el	elblaskie	Elblag	6 103	441 500	15	37
gd	gdanskie	Gdansk	7 394	1 333 800	19	43
go	gorzowskie	Gorzów Wielkopolski	8 484	455 400	21	38
jg	jeleniogórskie	Jelenia Góra	4 378	492 600	24	28
kl	kaliskie	Kalisz	6 512	668 000	20	53
ka	katowickie	Katowice	6 650	3 733 900	43	46
ki	kieleckie	Kielce	9 211	1 068 700	17	69
kn	koninskie	Konin	5 139	441 200	18	43
ko	koszalinskie	Koszalin	8 470	462 200	17	35
kr	krakowskie	Kraków	3 254	1 167 500	10	38
ks	krosnienskie	Krosno	5 702	448 200	12	37
lg	legnickie	Legnica	4 037	458 900	11	31
le	leszczynskie	Leszno	4 254	357 600	19	28
lu	lubelskie	Lublin	6 793	935 200	16	62
lo	lomzynskie	Lomza	6 684	325 800	12	39
ld	lódzkie	Lódz	1523	1 127 800	8	11
ns	nowosadeckie	Nowy Sacz	5 576	628 800	14	41
ol	olsztynskie	Olsztyn	12 327	681 400	21	48
op	opolskie	Opole	8 535	975 000	29	61
os	ostroleckie	Ostroleka	6 498	371 400	9	38
pi	pilskie	Pila	8 205	437 100	24	35
pt	piotrkowskie	Piotrków Trybunalski	6 266	604 200	10	51
pl	plockie	Plock	5 117	496 100	9	44
po	poznanskie	Poznan	8 151	1 237 800	33	57
pr	przemyskie	Przemysl	4 437	380 000	9	35
rs	radomskie	Radom	7 295	702 300	15	61
rz	rzeszowskie	Rzeszów	4 397	648 900	13	41
se	siedleckie	Siedlce	8 499	616 300	12	66
si	sieradzkie	Sieradz	4 869	392 300	9	40
sk	skierniewickie	Skierniewice	3 959	396 900	8	36
sl	slupskie	Slupsk	7 453	369 800	11	31
su	suwalskie	Suwalki	10 490	422 600	14	42
sz	szczecinskie	Szczecin	9 981	897 900	29	50
tg	tarnobrzeskie	Tarnobrzeg	6 283	556 300	14	46
ta	tarnowskie	Tarnów	4 151	607 000	9	41
to	torunskie	Torun	5 348	610 800	13	41
wb	walbrzyskie	Walbrzych	4 168	716 100	31	30
wa	warszawskie	Warsaw	3 788	2 319 100	27	32
wl	wloclawskie	Wloclawek	4 402	413 400	14	30
wr	wroclawskie	Wroclaw	6 287	1 076 200	16	33
za	zamojskie	Zamosc	6 980	472 100	5	47
zg	zielonogórskie	Zielona Góra	8 868	609 200	26	50

3 Polish voivodships 1945- 1975 (14+2/17+5)

People's Republic of Poland

After the 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, Wroclaw, Olsztyn and partially joined to Gdansk, Katowice and Poznan voivodships. Two cities were granted voivodship status: Warsaw and Lódz.

In 1950 new voivodships were created: Koszalin - previously part of Szczecin, Opole - previously part of Katowice, and Zielona Góra - previously part of Poznan, Wroclaw and Szczecin voivodships. In addition, three other cities were granted the voivodship status: Wroclaw, Kraków and Poznan.

Car plate s (since 1956)	Voivodship	Capital	Area km² (1965)	Population (1965)
Polish administrative division 1945-1975
A	bialostockie	Bialystok	23 136	1 160 400
B	bydgoskie	Bydgoszcz	20 794	1 837 100
G	gdanskie	Gdansk	10 984	1 352 800
S	katowickie	Katowice	9 518	3 524 300
C	kieleckie	Kielce	19 498	1 899 100
E	koszalinskie ¹	Koszalin	17 974	755 100
K	krakowskie	Kraków	15 350	2 127 600
F	lódzkie	Lódz	17 064	1 665 200
L	lubelskie	Lublin	24 829	1 900 500
O	olsztynskie	Olsztyn	20 994	956 600
H	opolskie ¹	Opole	9 506	1 009 200
P	poznanskie	Poznan	26 723	2 126 300
R	rzeszowskie	Rzeszów	18 658	1 692 800
M	szczecinskie	Szczecin	12 677	847 600
T	warszawskie	Warsaw	29 369	2 453 000
X	wroclawskie	Wroclaw	18 827	1 967 000
Z	zielonogórskie ¹	Zielona Góra	14 514	847 200
car plate s since 1956)	Separate city		Area km² (1965)	Population (1965)
I	Lódz		214	744 100
W	Warsaw		446	1 252 600
?	Kraków ²		230	520 100
?	Poznan ²		220	438 200
?	Wroclaw ²		225	474 200
¹ - new voivodships created in 1950; ² - cities separated in 1957

4 Polish voivodships 1921- 1939 (16+1)

Second Polish Republic

car plates (since 1937)	Voivodship Separate city	Capital	Area in 1000 km² (1930)	Population in 1000 (1931)
Polish voivodships in the interbellum (data as per April 1, 1937)
00-19	City of Warsaw	Warsaw	0,14	1179,5
85-89	warszawskie	Warsaw	31,7	2460,9
20-24	bialostockie	Bialystok	26,0	1263,3
25-29	kieleckie	Kielce	22,2	2671,0
30-34	krakowskie	Kraków	17,6	2300,1
35-39	lubelskie	Lublin	26,6	2116,2
40-44	lwowskie	Lwów	28,4	3126,3
45-49	lódzkie	Lódz	20,4	2650,1
50-54	nowogródzkie	Nowogródek	23,0	1057,2
55-59	poleskie	Brzesc nad Bugiem	36,7	1132,2
60-64	pomorskie	Torun	25,7	1884,4
65-69	poznanskie	Poznan	28,1	2339,6
70-74	stanislawowskie	Stanislawów	16,9	1480,3
75-79 ?	slaskie	Katowice	5,1	1533,5
80-84	tarnopolskie	Tarnopol	16,5	1600,4
90-94	wilenskie	Wilno	29,0	1276,0
95-99	wolynskie	Luck	35,7	2085,6

5 Polish voivodships 1569- 1795

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

5.1 Province of Greater Poland

Poznan Voivodship (województwo poznanskie, Poznan)
Kalisz Voivodship (województwo kaliskie, Kalisz)
Gniezno Voivodship (województwo gnieznienskie, Gniezno) from 1768
Sieradz Voivodship (województwo sieradzkie, Sieradz)
Leczyca Voivodship (województwo leczyckie, Leczyca)
Brzesc Kujawski Voivodship (województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Brzesc Kujawski )
Inowroclaw Voivodship (województwo inoworclawskie, Inowroclaw)
Chelmno Voivodship (województwo chelminskie, Chelmno)
Malbork Voivodship (województwo malborskie, Malbork)
Pomeranian Voivodship (województwo pomorskie, Gdansk)
Duchy of Warmia (Ksiestwo Warminskie, Lidzbark Warminski)
Duchy of Prussia (Ksiestwo Pruskie, Lidzbark Warminski)
Plock Voivodship (województwo plockie, Plock)
Rawa Voivodship (województwo rawskie, Rawa Mazowiecka )
Mazovian Voivodship (województwo mazowieckie, Warszawa)

5.2 Province of Lesser Poland

Kraków Voivodship (województwo krakowskie, Cracow)
Sandomierz Voivodship (województwo sandomierskie, Sandomierz)
Lublin Voivodship (województwo lubelskie, Lublin)
Podlasie Voivodship (województwo podlaskie, Drohiczyn)
Ruthenian Voivodship (województwo ruskie, Lvov)
Belz Voivodship (województwo belzkie, Belz)
Wolhynia Voivodship (województwo wolynskie, Luck ( Lutsk))
Podole Voivodship (województwo podolskie, Kamieniec Podolski )
Braclaw Voivodship (województwo braclawskie, Braclaw )
Kyiv Voivodship (województwo kijowskie, Kyiv)

5.3 Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Wilno Voivodship (województwo wilenskie, Wilno/Vilnius)
Troki Voivodship (województwo trockie, Troki/Trakai)
Nowogrodek Voivodship (województwo nowogrodzkie, Nowogrodek)
Brest-Litovsk Voivodship (województwo brzesko-litewskie, Brest-Litovsk)
Minsk Voivodship (województwo minskie, Minsk)
Chernigov Voivodship (województwo czernichowskie, Chernigov)
Mscislaw Voivodship (województwo mscislawskie, Mscislaw )
Smolensk Voivodship (województwo smolenskie, Smolensk)
Vitebsk Voivodship (województwo witebskie, Vitebsk)
Polock Voivodship (województwo polockie, Polotsk)
Duchy of Samogita (ksiestwo zmudzkie, Miedniki -Wornie)

5.4 Livonia

Wenden Voivodship (województwo wendenskie, Wenden) since 1598
Dorpat Voivodship (województwo dorpackie, Dorpat) since 1598
Parnava Voivodship (województwo parnawskie, Parnava) since 1598
Duchy of Courland and Semigalia (ksiestwo Kurlanii i Semigalii, Mitawa )

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