Voivodeships of Poland
A voivodeship (Polish: województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly translated as province or state.
The Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, which came into effect on January 1, 1999, created 16 new voivodeships. These replaced the former 49 voivodeships that had existed since July 1, 1975, and bear a closer resemblance (in territory but not in name) to the voivodeships that existed between 1950 and 1975.
Current voivodeships are mostly named after historical and geographic regions, while those prior to 1998 generally took their names from the cities in which they were centered. The new units range in area from less than 10,000 km² (Opole Voivodeship) to more than 35,000 km² (Mazovian Voivodeship), and in population from almost one million (Opole Voivodeship) to more than five million (Mazovian Voivodeship).).
Administrative authority at the voivodeship level is shared between a government-appointed governor called a voivode (wojewoda), an elected assembly called a sejmik, and an executive board (< i>zarząd województwa) elected by that assembly, headed by a voivode marshal (marszałek województwa). Voivodeships are further divided into powiats (counties) and gminas (communes or municipalities).
Administrative division
Since the early 14th century Poland has been divided into several voivodeships.
Number of voivodeships
- Republic of the Two Nations
- 1582-1634: 34 (+1 principality, 1 diocese, 1 earth)
- 1634-1660: 35 (+1 principality, 1 diocese, 1 earth)
- 1660-1717: 33 (+1 principality, 1 diocese, 1 earth)
- 1717-1768: 33 (+1 principality, 1 diocese)
- Duchy of Warsaw
- 1807-1815: 33 departments
- Kingdom of Poland
- 1815-1837: 8 voivodatos
- 1837-1915: 8 governorates
- Second Republic of Poland
- 1918-1939: 16 (including the voivodato of Silesia with autonomy, +1 separate city, Warsaw)
- 1944-1945: 10 (including the voivodato of Silesia with autonomy, +2 separate cities)
- People ' s Republic of Poland
- 1945-1946: 11 (+2 separate cities)
- 1946-1950: 14 (+2 separate cities)
- 1950-1954: 17 (+2 separate cities)
- 1954-1975: 17 (+5 separate cities)
- 1975-1998: 49 voivodatos
- Republic of Poland
- Since 1 January 1999: 16 voivodatos
Voivodatos from Poland in 1619.
Voivodatos from Poland in 1830.
Voivodatos from Poland in 1922.
Voivodatos from Poland in 1957.
Voivodatos from Poland in 1975.
Voivodeships today
Both their names and their areas correspond to the historical regions of Poland.
| Abbreviation | Voivodato | Name (polka) | Shield | Surface (in km2) | Population | Capital | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZP | Western Pomerania | Zachodniopomorskie |  | 22 892.48 | 1 701 030 | Szczecin |  |
| PM | Pomerania | Pomorskie |  | 18 310.34 | 2 333 523 | Gdansk | |
| LB | Lubusz | Lubuskie |  | 13 987,93 | 1 014 548 | Gorzów Wielkopolski Zielona Góra | |
| DS | Lower Silesia | Dolnośląskie |  | 19 946.70 | 2 901 225 | Breslavia | |
| OP | Opole | Opolskie |  | 9 411.87 | 986 506 | Opole | |
| SL | Silesia | Śląskie |  | 12 333.09 | 4 533 565 | Katowice | |
| WP | Great Poland | Wielkopolskie |  | 29 826.50 | 3 493 969 | Poznań | |
| KP | Cuyavia and Pomerania | Kujawsko-Pomorskie |  | 17 971,34 | 2 077 775 | Bydgoszcz Toruń | |
| LD | Lodz | Łódzkie |  | 18 218,95 | 2 466 322 | Łódź | |
| WN | Varmia and Masuria | Warmińsko-Mazurskie |  | 24 173.47 | 1 428 983 | Olsztyn | |
| MZ | Mazovia | Mazowieckie |  | 35 558,47 | 5 403 412 | Warsaw | |
| PD | Podlaquia | Podlaskie |  | 20 187,02 | 1 181 533 | Białystok | |
| SK | Santa Cruz | Świętokrzyskie |  | 11 710.50 | 1 241 546 | Kielce | |
| L | Lublin | Lubelskie |  | 25 122.46 | 2 117 629 | Lublin | |
| MA | Little Poland | Małopolskie |  | 15 182.79 | 3 400 577 | Krakow | |
| PK | Subcarpacia | Podkarpackie |  | 17 845.76 | 2 129 015 | Rzeszów |
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