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Lower Silesian Voivodship
The Lower Silesian Voivodship (in Polish województwo dolnośląskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in south-western Poland. Polish regions are officially referred to by an adjective. The noun is Dolny Śląsk, which is Polish for "Lower Silesia".
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wroclaw, Legnica, Walbrzych and Jelenia Gora voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk).
Population: 2.987 million
Area: 19,946 km².
The capital and biggest city : Wroclaw
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Wroclaw (642,700);
- Walbrzych (139,600);
- Legnica (108,000);
- Jelenia Gora (93,500);
- Lubin (83,500);
- Glogow (74,200);
- Swidnica (64,800);
- Boleslawiec (44,400);
- Olesnica (38,900);
- Dzierzoniow (38,300);
- Bielawa (34,600);
- Zgorzelec (36,800);
- Olawa (31,800).
- Klodzko (30,900);
- Nowa Ruda (27,200);
- Jawor (25,600);
- Swiebodzice (24,700);
- Luban (24,400);
- Kamienna Gora (23,600);
- Polkowice (21,600);
Other cities: Chojnow, Zlotoryja
Administrative division
| County name | County site | Number of communes | County area (in sq. km) |
Population |
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| Jelenia Gora City County | Jelenia Gora | |||
| Legnica City County | Legnica | 1 | ||
| Walbrzych City County | Walbrzych | 1 | ||
| Wroclaw City County | Wroclaw | 1 | ||
| Boleslawiec County | Boleslawiec | |||
| Dzierzoniow County | Dzierzoniow | |||
| Glogow County | Glogow | |||
| Gora County | Góra | |||
| Jawor County | Jawor | |||
| Jelenia Gora County | Jelenia Gora | |||
| Kamienna Gora County | Kamienna Gora | |||
| Klodzko County | Klodzko | |||
| Legnica County | Legnica | |||
| Luban County | Luban | |||
| Lubin County | Lubin | |||
| Lwowek Slaski County | Lwowek Slaski | |||
| Milicz County | Milicz | |||
| Olesnica County | Olesnica | |||
| Olawa County | Olawa | |||
| Polkowice County | Polkowice | |||
| Strzelin County | Strzelin | |||
| Sroda Slaska County | Sroda Slaska | |||
| Swidnica County | Swidnica | |||
| Trzebnica County | Trzebnica | |||
| Walbrzych County | Walbrzych | |||
| Wolow County | Wolow | |||
| Wroclaw County | Wroclaw | 9 | 1116.2 | 92,900 |
| Zabkowice Slaskie County | Zabkowice Slaskie | 7 | 801.8 | 73,600 |
| Zgorzelec County | Zgorzelec | 7 | 838.1 | 101,300 |
| Zlotoryja County | Zlotoryja | 6 | 575.5 | 47,800 |
History: Silesia (Prussian Province) from 1870 to 1945. See also: Silesia (historical region it forms part of)
Tourism: Most tourists visit the famous ski resorts in Karkonosze mountains with its centres Szklarska Poręba and Karpacz. The cities of Wroclaw, Jelenia Gora and Legnica also are famous for visitors.
See also: Silesia, Opole Voivodship, Silesian Voivodship
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