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Voivodships of Poland

Voivodships of Poland: Encyclopedia - Voivodships of Poland

Voivodship Powiat (list) Gmina (list) A voivodship (in Polish województwo) has been a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland since the 14th century. As a result of Local Government Reorganization 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 ...

Voivodships of Poland: Encyclopedia - Voivodships of Poland

Voivodships of Poland

Voivodship
Powiat (list)
Gmina (list)

A voivodship (in Polish województwo) has been a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland since the 14th century. As a result of Local Government Reorganization 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). Voivodships are governed by voivod Governments and their legislatures are called Voivodship sejmiks.