Voivodeships of Poland

highest-level administrative division (province) in Poland

A Voivodeship is one of 16 different divisions of land in Poland. The word comes from the Polish "wojewoda" meaning a governor.

Polish voivodships since 1999
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Voivodship (in polish)CapitalArea
km²
Population
(Dec. 31, 2003)
Population
(Jun. 30, 2004)
DS02DLower Silesian (dolnośląskie)Wrocław19 947,762 898 3132 895 729
KP04CKuyavian-Pomeranian (kujawsko-pomorskie)Bydgoszcz¹
Toruń²
17 969,722 068 1422 067 548
LU06LLublin (lubelskie)Lublin25 114,482 191 1722 187 918
LB08FLubusz (lubuskie)Gorzów Wielkopolski¹
Zielona Góra²
13 984,441 008 7861 009 177
LD10EŁódź (łódzkie)Łódź18 219,112 597 0942 592 568
MA12KLesser Poland (małopolskie)Kraków15 144,103 252 9493 256 171
MZ14WMasovian (mazowieckie)Warszawa35 597,805 135 7325 139 545
OP16OOpole (opolskie)Opole9 412,471 055 6671 053 723
PK18RSubcarpathian (podkarpackie)Rzeszów17 926,282 097 2482 097 325
PD20BPodlaskie (podlaskie)Białystok20 179,581 205 1171 204 036
PM22GPomeranian (pomorskie)Gdańsk18 292,882 188 9182 192 404
SL24SSilesian (śląskie)Katowice12 294,044 714 9824 707 825
SW26TŚwiętokrzyskieKielce11 672,341 291 5981 290 176
WM28NWarmian-Masurian (warmińsko-mazurskie)Olsztyn24 202,951 428 8851 428 385
WP30PGreater Poland (wielkopolskie)Poznań29 825,593 359 9323 362 011
ZP32ZWest Pomeranian (zachodniopomorskie)Szczecin22 901,481 696 0731 695 708
(¹) - seat of voivod, (²) - seat of self-government