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Voivodships of Poland

A voivodship (in Polish województwo) 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).

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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

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)

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)

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

Bialystok Voivodship (woj.bialostockie, Bialystok)
Bydgoszcz Voivodship (woj.bydgoskie, Bydgoszcz)
Gdansk Voivodship (wojeówdztwo gdanskie, Gdansk)
Katowice Voivodship (wojeówdztwo katowickie, Katowice)
Kielce Voivodship (wojeówdztwo kieleckie, Kielce)
Koszalin Voivodship (województwo koszalinskie, Koszalin)
Kraków Voivodship (województwo krakowskie, Kraków)
Lodz Voivodship (województwo lodzkie, Lodz)
Lublin Voivodship (województwo lubelskie, Lublin)
Olsztyn Voivodship (województwo olsztynskie, Olsztyn)
Opole Voivodship (województwo opolskie, Opole)
Poznan Voivodship (województwo poznanskie, Poznan)
Rzeszow Voivodship (województwo rzeszowskie, Rzeszow)
Szczecin Voivodship (województwo szczecinskie, Szczecin)
Warszawa Voivodship (województwo warszawskie, Warszawa)
Wroclaw Voivodship (województwo wroclawskie, Wroclaw)
Zielona Gora Voivodship (województwo 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.