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Our country consists of 16 counties
(West Pomerania Province)
It
was
established
on
January
1,
1999,
out
of
the
former Szczecin and Koszalin Voivodeships and parts of other neighboring
voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in
1998. It is named for the historical region of Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze). In
spite of the name ("West Pomeranian"), the voivoideship does not include
the most westerly parts of historical Pomerania, which lie in
Germany's Vorpommern(see Western Pomerania).
(Pomerania Province)
The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the
former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to
the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It is
bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater
Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to the
south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic
Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia, on
the Vistula Spit.
(Warmia-Masuria Province)
The Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999,
from the entire Olsztyn Voivodeship, the western half of Suwałki
Voivodeship and part of Elbląg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local
government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name derives
from two historic regions, Warmia and Masuria.
(Podlaskie Voivodeship)
It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the
former Białystok and Łomża Voivodeships and the eastern
half of the former Suwałki Voivodeship, pursuant to
the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.
(Lubuskie Province)
It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the
former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra
Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local
government reforms adopted in 1998. The
province's name recalls the historicLubusz
Land (Lebus or Lubus), although part of the
voivodeship in fact belongs to the historic region
of Silesia.
(Wielkopolska Province)
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the
formerPoznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno V
oivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local
government reforms adopted in 1998. The
province is named after the region
called Greater Poland or Wielkopolska. The
modern province includes most of this historic
region, except for some south-western parts.
(Kujawy-Pomerania Province)
The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship was created on 1
January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government
reforms adopted in 1998. It consisted of territory from the
former Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek Voivodeships.
The area now known as Kuyavia-Pomerania was previously
divided between the region of Kuyavia and the Polish fiefdom
of Royal Prussia. Of the two principal cities of today's KuyavianPomeranian voivodeship, one (Bydgoszcz) was historically
located in Kuyavia, whilst the other (Toruń) was an important
town of Royal Prussia.
Bydgoszcz is a city located in northern Poland, on
the Brda and Vistula rivers. With a city population of
363,926 (March 2011), and an urban agglomeration with
more than 470,000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the 8th-largest
city in Poland. Bydgoszcz is part of the metroplex BydgoszczToruń, which totals over 850,000 inhabitants.
(Mazovia Province)
It is the largest and most populous of the
sixteen Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created
in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres
(13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5.16
million inhabitants.
(Lublin Province)
It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the
former
Lublin,
Chełm,
Zamość,
Biała
Podlaska
and
(partially) Tarnobrzegand Siedlce Voivodeships, pursuant to Polish local
government reforms adopted in 1998. The province is named after its
largest city and regional capital, Lublin, and its territory is made of
three historical lands: the western part of the voivodeship, with Lublin
itself, belongs toLesser Poland, the eastern part belongs to Red
Ruthenia, and the northeast belongs to Polesie.