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Poland's Voivodeships 1975-98 (49 Voivodeships)

(since 1989, the 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 the three-level administrative division (voivodeship, county, commune), a new two-level administrative division was introduced (49 small voivodeships, and communes). The three smallest voivodeships – Warsaw, Kraków and Łódź – had the special status of municipal voivodeship; the city president (mayor) was also provincial governor.

Polish voivodeships and separate cities 1975-1998
Abbreviation	Voivodeship	Capital	Area km² (1998)	Population (1980)	No. of cities	No. of communes
bp	Biała Podlaska Voivodeship	Biała Podlaska	5348	286 400	6	35
bk	Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998)	Białystok	10 055	641 100	17	49
bb	Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship	Bielsko-Biała	3 704	829 900	18	47
by	Bydgoszcz Voivodeship	Bydgoszcz	10 349	1 036 000	27	55
ch	Chełm Voivodeship	Chełm	3 865	230 900	4	25
ci	Ciechanów Voivodeship	Ciechanów	6 362	405 400	9	45
cz	Częstochowa Voivodeship	Częstochowa	6 182	747 900	17	49
el	Elbląg Voivodeship	Elbląg	6 103	441 500	15	37
gd	Gdańsk Voivodeship	Gdańsk	7 394	1 333 800	19	43
go	Gorzów Voivodeship	Gorzów Wielkopolski	8 484	455 400	21	38
jg	Jelenia Góra Voivodeship	Jelenia Góra	4 378	492 600	24	28
kl	Kalisz Voivodeship	Kalisz	6 512	668 000	20	53
ka	Katowice Voivodeship	Katowice	6 650	3 733 900	43	46
ki	Kielce Voivodeship	Kielce	9 211	1 068 700	17	69
kn	Konin Voivodeship	Konin	5 139	441 200	18	43
ko	Koszalin Voivodeship	Koszalin	8 470	462 200	17	35
kr	Kraków Voivodeship	Kraków	3 254	1 167 500	10	38
ks	Krosno Voivodeship	Krosno	5 702	448 200	12	37
lg	Legnica Voivodeship	Legnica	4 037	458 900	11	31
le	Leszno Voivodeship	Leszno	4 254	357 600	19	28
lu	Lublin Voivodeship	Lublin	6 793	935 200	16	62
lo	Łomża Voivodeship	Łomża	6 684	325 800	12	39
ld	Łódź Voivodeship	Łódź	1523	1 127 800	8	11
ns	Nowy Sącz Voivodeship	Nowy Sącz	5 576	628 800	14	41
ol	Olsztyn Voivodeship	Olsztyn	12 327	681 400	21	48
op	Opole Voivodeship	Opole	8 535	975 000	29	61
os	Ostrołęka Voivodeship	Ostrołęka	6 498	371 400	9	38
pi	Piła Voivodeship	Piła	8 205	437 100	24	35
pt	Piotrków Voivodeship	Piotrków Trybunalski	6 266	604 200	10	51
pl	Płock Voivodeship	Płock	5 117	496 100	9	44
po	Poznań Voivodeship	Poznań	8 151	1 237 800	33	57
pr	Przemyśl Voivodeship	Przemyśl	4 437	380 000	9	35
rs	Radom Voivodeship	Radom	7 295	702 300	15	61
rz	Rzeszów Voivodeship	Rzeszów	4 397	648 900	13	41
se	Siedlce Voivodeship	Siedlce	8 499	616 300	12	66
si	Sieradz Voivodeship	Sieradz	4 869	392 300	9	40
sk	Skierniewice Voivodeship	Skierniewice	3 959	396 900	8	36
sl	Słupsk Voivodeship	Słupsk	7 453	369 800	11	31
su	Suwałki Voivodeship	Suwałki	10 490	422 600	14	42
sz	Szczecin Voivodeship	Szczecin	9 981	897 900	29	50
tg	Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship	Tarnobrzeg	6 283	556 300	14	46
ta	Tarnów Voivodeship	Tarnów	4 151	607 000	9	41
to	Toruń Voivodeship	Toruń	5 348	610 800	13	41
wb	Wałbrzych Voivodeship	Wałbrzych	4 168	716 100	31	30
wa	Warsaw Voivodeship	Warsaw	3 788	2 319 100	27	32
wl	Włocławek Voivodeship	Włocławek	4 402	413 400	14	30
wr	Wrocław Voivodeship	Wrocław	6 287	1 076 200	16	33
za	Zamość Voivodeship	Zamość	6 980	472 100	5	47
zg	Zielona Góra Voivodeship	Zielona Góra	8 868	609 200	26	50

Past administrative divisions of Poland

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