Administrative division of Poland
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| Administrative divisions of Poland |
Administrative division of Poland, since 1999, is as follows:
[edit] Modern
Poland is subdivided into sixteen administrative regions known as voivodeships (see voivodeships of Poland) (województwa, singular - województwo):
| Voivodeship | Capital city (cities) |
|---|---|
| Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (Kujawsko-Pomorskie) | Bydgoszcz and Toruń |
| Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie) | Poznań |
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Małopolskie) | Kraków |
| Łódź Voivodeship (Łódzkie) | Łódź |
| Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Dolnośląskie) | Wrocław |
| Lublin Voivodeship (Lubelskie) | Lublin |
| Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie) | Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra |
| Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie) | Warsaw |
| Opole Voivodeship (Opolskie) | Opole |
| Podlachian Voivodeship (Podlaskie) | Białystok |
| Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie) | Gdańsk |
| Silesian Voivodeship (Śląskie) | Katowice |
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Podkarpackie) | Rzeszów |
| Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Świętokrzyskie) | Kielce |
| Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Warmińsko-Mazurskie) | Olsztyn |
| West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie) | Szczecin |
Lower levels of administrative division are:
Currently the sixteen voivodships of Poland are divided into 379 powiats (including 65 independent cities) and 2478 gminas (307 urban, 528 mixed and 1589 rural).
[edit] Historical
Polish territory has been subject to significant changes over the course of Polish history. Therefore modern Polish administrative division, while on some levels similar to some historical ones, is quite different from others. Historical Polish administrative divisions can be divided into following periods:
- before 1569: Administrative division of Kingdom of Poland
- 1569-1795: Administrative division of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- 1795-1807: Administrative division of Polish territories after partitions
- 1807-1815: Administrative division of Duchy of Warsaw
- 1815-1914: Administrative division of Congress Poland
- 1914-1918: Administrative division of Polish territories during WWI
- 1918-1939: Administrative division of Second Polish Republic
- 1939-1945: Administrative division of Polish territories during WWII
- 1945-1999: Administrative division of People's Republic of Poland
- since 1999: see main article above
[edit] See also
- Administrative division of Roman Catholic Church in Poland
- Electoral districts of Poland
- Military districts of Poland
- Territorial changes of Poland
Polish terms for country subdivisions | |
|---|---|
| National / Urban / Rural | voivodeship · powiat · gmina / dzielnica · osiedle / sołectwo |
| Historical | departament · gromada · gubernia · jurydyka · księstwo · obwód · okręg · rejencja · prowincja · starostwo · ziemia |
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