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.
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| Polish voivodships since 1999 | |||||||
| Shortly | code | Car plates |
Voivodship (in polish) | Capital | Area km² |
Population (Dec. 31, 2003) |
Population (Jun. 30, 2004) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS | 02 | D | Lower Silesian (dolnośląskie) | Wrocław | 19 947,76 | 2 898 313 | 2 895 729 |
| KP | 04 | C | Kuyavian-Pomeranian (kujawsko-pomorskie) | Bydgoszcz¹ Toruń² |
17 969,72 | 2 068 142 | 2 067 548 |
| LU | 06 | L | Lublin (lubelskie) | Lublin | 25 114,48 | 2 191 172 | 2 187 918 |
| LB | 08 | F | Lubusz (lubuskie) | Gorzów Wielkopolski¹ Zielona Góra² |
13 984,44 | 1 008 786 | 1 009 177 |
| LD | 10 | E | Łódź (łódzkie) | Łódź | 18 219,11 | 2 597 094 | 2 592 568 |
| MA | 12 | K | Lesser Poland (małopolskie) | Kraków | 15 144,10 | 3 252 949 | 3 256 171 |
| MZ | 14 | W | Masovian (mazowieckie) | Warszawa | 35 597,80 | 5 135 732 | 5 139 545 |
| OP | 16 | O | Opole (opolskie) | Opole | 9 412,47 | 1 055 667 | 1 053 723 |
| PK | 18 | R | Subcarpathian (podkarpackie) | Rzeszów | 17 926,28 | 2 097 248 | 2 097 325 |
| PD | 20 | B | Podlaskie (podlaskie) | Białystok | 20 179,58 | 1 205 117 | 1 204 036 |
| PM | 22 | G | Pomeranian (pomorskie) | Gdańsk | 18 292,88 | 2 188 918 | 2 192 404 |
| SL | 24 | S | Silesian (śląskie) | Katowice | 12 294,04 | 4 714 982 | 4 707 825 |
| SW | 26 | T | Świętokrzyskie | Kielce | 11 672,34 | 1 291 598 | 1 290 176 |
| WM | 28 | N | Warmian-Masurian (warmińsko-mazurskie) | Olsztyn | 24 202,95 | 1 428 885 | 1 428 385 |
| WP | 30 | P | Greater Poland (wielkopolskie) | Poznań | 29 825,59 | 3 359 932 | 3 362 011 |
| ZP | 32 | Z | West Pomeranian (zachodniopomorskie) | Szczecin | 22 901,48 | 1 696 073 | 1 695 708 |
| (¹) - seat of voivod, (²) - seat of self-government | |||||||
