voivodships of poland

A voivodship (in Polish wojewdztwo) is 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).

Poland's present voivodships (since 1999)

code	car plates	Voivodship	Capital	Area km²	Population (Dec. 31, 2003)
colspan=6 align="center" \| Polish voivodships since 1999
02	align="center"\| D	Lower Silesian	Wrocław	align="right"\| 19 947,76	align="right"\| 2 898 313
04	align="center"\| C	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	Bydgoszcz¹ Toruń²	align="right"\| 17 969,72	align="right"\| 2 068 142
06	align="center"\| L	Lublin	Lublin	align="right"\| 25 114,48	align="right"\| 2 191 172
08	align="center"\| F	Lubusz	Gorzw Wielkopolski¹ Zielona Gra²	align="right"\| 13 984,44	align="right"\| 1 008 786
10	align="center"\| E	Łdź	Łdź	align="right"\| 18 219,11	align="right"\| 2 597 094
12	align="center"\| K	Lesser Poland	Krakw	align="right"\| 15 144,10	align="right"\| 3 252 949
14	align="center"\| W	Masovian	Warszawa	align="right"\| 35 597,80	align="right"\| 5 135 732
16	align="center"\| O	Opole	Opole	align="right"\| 9 412,47	align="right"\| 1 055 667
18	align="center"\| R	Subcarpathian	Rzeszw	align="right"\| 17 926,28	align="right"\| 2 097 248
20	align="center"\| B	Podlasie	Białystok	align="right"\| 20 179,58	align="right"\| 1 205 117
22	align="center"\| G	Pomeranian	Gdańsk	align="right"\| 18 292,88	align="right"\| 2 188 918
24	align="center"\| S	Silesian	Katowice	align="right"\| 12 294,04	align="right"\| 4 714 982
26	align="center"\| T	Świętokrzyskie	Kielce	align="right"\| 11 672,34	align="right"\| 1 291 598
28	align="center"\| N	Warmian-Masurian	Olsztyn	align="right"\| 24 202,95	align="right"\| 1 428 885
30	align="center"\| P	Greater Poland	Poznań	align="right"\| 29 825,59	align="right"\| 3 359 932
32	align="center"\| Z	Western Pomeranian	Szczecin	align="right"\| 22 901,48	align="right"\| 1 696 073
colspan=6\| (¹) - seat of voivod, (²) - seat of self-government

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)

See also:

Polish voivodships 1975-1998 (49)

since 1989 Third Polish Republic This reorganization 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.

Abbreviation	Voivodship	Capital	Area km² (1998)	Population (1980)	No. of cities	No. of communes
colspan=7 align="center" \| Polish voivodships and separate cities 1975-1998
bp	align="left"\| bialskopodlaskie	align="left"\| Biała Podlaska	5348	286 400	6	35
bk	align="left"\| białostockie	align="left"\| Białystok	10 055	641 100	17	49
bb	align="left"\| bielskie	align="left"\| Bielsko-Biała	3 704	829 900	18	47
by	align="left"\| bydgoskie	align="left"\| Bydgoszcz	10 349	1 036 000	27	55
ch	align="left"\| chełmskie	align="left"\| Chełm	3 865	230 900	4	25
ci	align="left"\| ciechanowskie	align="left"\| Ciechanw	6 362	405 400	9	45
cz	align="left"\| częstochowskie	align="left"\| Częstochowa	6 182	747 900	17	49
el	align="left"\| elbląskie	align="left"\| Elbląg	6 103	441 500	15	37
gd	align="left"\| gdańskie	align="left"\| Gdańsk	7 394	1 333 800	19	43
go	align="left"\| gorzowskie	align="left"\| Gorzw Wielkopolski	8 484	455 400	21	38
jg	align="left"\| jeleniogrskie	align="left"\| Jelenia Gra	4 378	492 600	24	28
kl	align="left"\| kaliskie	align="left"\| Kalisz	6 512	668 000	20	53
ka	align="left"\| katowickie	align="left"\| Katowice	6 650	3 733 900	43	46
ki	align="left"\| kieleckie	align="left"\| Kielce	9 211	1 068 700	17	69
kn	align="left"\| konińskie	align="left"\| Konin	5 139	441 200	18	43
ko	align="left"\| koszalińskie	align="left"\| Koszalin	8 470	462 200	17	35
kr	align="left"\| krakowskie	align="left"\| Krakw	3 254	1 167 500	10	38
ks	align="left"\| krośnieńskie	align="left"\| Krosno	5 702	448 200	12	37
lg	align="left"\| legnickie	align="left"\| Legnica	4 037	458 900	11	31
le	align="left"\| leszczyńskie	align="left"\| Leszno	4 254	357 600	19	28
lu	align="left"\| lubelskie	align="left"\| Lublin	6 793	935 200	16	62
lo	align="left"\| łomżyńskie	align="left"\| Łomża	6 684	325 800	12	39
ld	align="left"\| łdzkie	align="left"\| Łdź	1523	1 127 800	8	11
ns	align="left"\| nowosądeckie	align="left"\| Nowy Sącz	5 576	628 800	14	41
ol	align="left"\| olsztyńskie	align="left"\| Olsztyn	12 327	681 400	21	48
op	align="left"\| opolskie	align="left"\| Opole	8 535	975 000	29	61
os	align="left"\| ostrołęckie	align="left"\| Ostrołęka	6 498	371 400	9	38
pi	align="left"\| pilskie	align="left"\| Piła	8 205	437 100	24	35
pt	align="left"\| piotrkowskie	align="left"\| Piotrkw Trybunalski	6 266	604 200	10	51
pl	align="left"\| płockie	align="left"\| Płock	5 117	496 100	9	44
po	align="left"\| poznańskie	align="left"\| Poznań	8 151	1 237 800	33	57
pr	align="left"\| przemyskie	align="left"\| Przemyśl	4 437	380 000	9	35
rs	align="left"\| radomskie	align="left"\| Radom	7 295	702 300	15	61
rz	align="left"\| rzeszowskie	align="left"\| Rzeszw	4 397	648 900	13	41
se	align="left"\| siedleckie	align="left"\| Siedlce	8 499	616 300	12	66
si	align="left"\| sieradzkie	align="left"\| Sieradz	4 869	392 300	9	40
sk	align="left"\| skierniewickie	align="left"\| Skierniewice	3 959	396 900	8	36
sl	align="left"\| słupskie	align="left"\| Słupsk	7 453	369 800	11	31
su	align="left"\| suwalskie	align="left"\| Suwałki	10 490	422 600	14	42
sz	align="left"\| szczecińskie	align="left"\| Szczecin	9 981	897 900	29	50
tg	align="left"\| tarnobrzeskie	align="left"\| Tarnobrzeg	6 283	556 300	14	46
ta	align="left"\| tarnowskie	align="left"\| Tarnw	4 151	607 000	9	41
to	align="left"\| toruńskie	align="left"\| Toruń	5 348	610 800	13	41
wb	align="left"\| wałbrzyskie	align="left"\| Wałbrzych	4 168	716 100	31	30
wa	align="left"\| warszawskie	align="left"\| Warsaw	3 788	2 319 100	27	32
wl	align="left"\| włocławskie	align="left"\| Włocławek	4 402	413 400	14	30
wr	align="left"\| wrocławskie	align="left"\| Wrocław	6 287	1 076 200	16	33
za	align="left"\| zamojskie	align="left"\| Zamość	6 980	472 100	5	47
zg	align="left"\| zielonogrskie	align="left"\| Zielona Gra	8 868	609 200	26	50

Polish voivodships 1945-1975 (14+2/17+5)

People's Republic of Poland After the World War II the new administrative division was based on pre-war one. The areas in the East that were not annexed by the Soviet Union had their borders left almost unchanged. Newly acquired territories in the west and north were organised into the voivodships of Szczecin, Wrocław, Olsztyn and partially joined to Gdańsk, Katowice and Poznań voivodships. Two cities were granted voivodship status: Warsaw and Łdź. In 1950 new voivodships were created: Koszalin - previously part of Szczecin, Opole - previously part of Katowice, and Zielona Gra - previously part of Poznań, Wrocław and Szczecin voivodships. In addition, three other cities were granted the voivodship status: Wrocław, Krakw and Poznań.

Car plates (since 1956)	Voivodship	Capital	Area km² (1965)	Population (1965)
colspan=5 align="center" \| Polish administrative division 1945-1975
A	align="left"\| białostockie	align="left"\| Białystok	23 136	1 160 400
B	align="left"\| bydgoskie	align="left"\| Bydgoszcz	20 794	1 837 100
G	align="left"\| gdańskie	align="left"\| Gdańsk	10 984	1 352 800
S	align="left"\| katowickie	align="left"\| Katowice	9 518	3 524 300
C	align="left"\| kieleckie	align="left"\| Kielce	19 498	1 899 100
E	align="left"\| koszalińskie ¹	align="left"\| Koszalin	17 974	755 100
K	align="left"\| krakowskie	align="left"\| Krakw	15 350	2 127 600
F	align="left"\| łdzkie	align="left"\| Łdź	17 064	1 665 200
L	align="left"\| lubelskie	align="left"\| Lublin	24 829	1 900 500
O	align="left"\| olsztyńskie	align="left"\| Olsztyn	20 994	956 600
H	align="left"\| opolskie ¹	align="left"\| Opole	9 506	1 009 200
P	align="left"\| poznańskie	align="left"\| Poznań	26 723	2 126 300
R	align="left"\| rzeszowskie	align="left"\| Rzeszw	18 658	1 692 800
M	align="left"\| szczecińskie	align="left"\| Szczecin	12 677	847 600
T	align="left"\| warszawskie	align="left"\| Warsaw	29 369	2 453 000
X	align="left"\| wrocławskie	align="left"\| Wrocław	18 827	1 967 000
Z	align="left"\| zielonogrskie ¹	align="left"\| Zielona Gra	14 514	847 200
car plates (since 1956)	colspan="2"\| Separate city	Area km² (1965)	Population (1965)
I	colspan="2" align="left"\| Łdź	214	744 100
W	colspan="2" align="left"\| Warsaw	446	1 252 600
?	colspan="2" align="left"\| Krakw ²	230	520 100
?	colspan="2" align="left"\| Poznań ²	220	438 200
?	colspan="2" align="left"\| Wrocław ²	225	474 200
colspan="5"\| ¹ - new voivodships created in 1950; ² - cities separated in 1957

Polish voivodships 1921-1939 (16+1)

Second Polish Republic

car plates (since 1937)	Voivodship Separate city	Capital	Area in 1000 km² (1930)	Population in 1000 (1931)
colspan=6 align="center" \| Polish voivodships in the interbellum (data as per April 1, 1937)
00-19	align="left"\| City of Warsaw	align="left"\| Warsaw	0,14	1179,5
85-89	align="left"\| warszawskie	align="left"\| Warsaw	31,7	2460,9
20-24	align="left"\| białostockie	align="left"\| Białystok	26,0	1263,3
25-29	align="left"\| kieleckie	align="left"\| Kielce	22,2	2671,0
30-34	align="left"\| krakowskie	align="left"\| Krakw	17,6	2300,1
35-39	align="left"\| lubelskie	align="left"\| Lublin	26,6	2116,2
40-44	align="left"\| lwowskie	align="left"\| Lww	28,4	3126,3
45-49	align="left"\| łdzkie	align="left"\| Łdź	20,4	2650,1
50-54	align="left"\| nowogrdzkie	align="left"\| Nowogrdek	23,0	1057,2
55-59	align="left"\| poleskie	align="left"\| Brześć nad Bugiem	36,7	1132,2
60-64	align="left"\| pomorskie	align="left"\| Toruń	25,7	1884,4
65-69	align="left"\| poznańskie	align="left"\| Poznań	28,1	2339,6
70-74	align="left"\| stanisławowskie	align="left"\| Stanisławw	16,9	1480,3
75-79 ?	align="left"\| śląskie	align="left"\| Katowice	5,1	1533,5
80-84	align="left"\| tarnopolskie	align="left"\| Tarnopol	16,5	1600,4
90-94	align="left"\| wileńskie	align="left"\| Wilno	29,0	1276,0
95-99	align="left"\| wołyńskie	align="left"\| Łuck	35,7	2085,6

Polish voivodships 1569-1795

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Province of Greater Poland

Poznan Voivodship (wojewdztwo poznanskie, Poznań)
Kalisz Voivodship (wojewdztwo kaliskie, Kalisz)
Gniezno Voivodship (wojewdztwo gnieźnieńskie, Gniezno) from 1768
Sieradz Voivodship (wojewdztwo sieradzkie, Sieradz)
Leczyca Voivodship (wojewdztwo łęczyckie, Łęczyca)
Brzesc Kujawski Voivodship (wojewdztwo brzesko-kujawskie, Brześć Kujawski)
Inowroclaw Voivodship (wojewdztwo inoworclawskie, Inowroclaw)
Chelmno Voivodship (wojewdztwo chełmińskie, Chełmno)
Malbork Voivodship (wojewdztwo malborskie, Malbork)
Pomeranian Voivodship (wojewdztwo pomorskie, Gdańsk)
Duchy of Warmia (Księstwo Warmińskie, Lidzbark Warmiński)
Duchy of Prussia (Księstwo Pruskie, Lidzbark Warmiński)
Plock Voivodship (wojewdztwo plockie, Płock)
Rawa Voivodship (wojewdztwo rawskie, Rawa Mazowiecka)
Mazovian Voivodship (wojewdztwo mazowieckie, Warszawa)

Province of Lesser Poland

Krakw Voivodship (wojewdztwo krakowskie, Cracow)
Sandomierz Voivodship (wojewdztwo sandomierskie, Sandomierz)
Lublin Voivodship (wojewdztwo lubelskie, Lublin)
Podlasie Voivodship (wojewdztwo podlaskie, Drohiczyn)
Ruthenian Voivodship (wojewdztwo ruskie, Lwów)
Belz Voivodship (wojewdztwo belzkie, Bełz)
Wolhynia Voivodship (wojewdztwo wołyńskie, Łuck
Podole Voivodship (wojewdztwo podolskie, Kamieniec Podolski)
Braclaw Voivodship (wojewdztwo braclawskie, Bracław)
Kijów Voivodship (wojewdztwo kijowskie, Kijów)
Chernihw Voivodship (wojewdztwo czernichowskie, Chernihóv)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Wilno Voivodship (wojewdztwo wileńskie, Wilno)
Troki Voivodship (wojewdztwo trockie, Troki)
Nowogrodek Voivodship (wojewdztwo nowogrodzkie, Nowogrdek)
Brest-Litovsk Voivodship (wojewdztwo brzesko-litewskie, Brześć Litewski)
Minsk Voivodship (wojewdztwo mińskie, Mińsk)
Mscislaw Voivodship (wojewdztwo mścisławskie, Mscislaw)
Smolensk Voivodship (wojewdztwo smoleńskie, Smoleńsk)
Vitebsk Voivodship (wojewdztwo witebskie, Witebsk)
Polock Voivodship (wojewdztwo połockie, Połock)
Duchy of Samogita (księstwo żmudzkie, Miedniki-Wornie)

Duchy of Livonia

Wenden Voivodship (wojewdztwo wendeńskie, Wenden) since 1598 till 1620s
Dorpat Voivodship (wojewdztwo dorpackie, Dorpat) since 1598 till 1620s
Parnava Voivodship (wojewdztwo parnawskie, Parnava) since 1598 till 1620s
Livonian Voivodship (wojewdztwo inflanckie) Dyneburg since 1620s
Duchy of Courland and Semigalia (księstwo Kurlanii i Semigalii), Mitawa)

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