Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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For the historical region, see Lower Silesia.

Województwo dolnośląskie


Flag	Coat of arms

Capital city

Wrocław

Area

19,946 km²

Population (2005)
- Density

2,888,232
144.8/km²

Powiats
- Urban counties
- Land counties

3
26

Communes

169

The Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo dolnośląskie) is an administrative region in southwestern Poland, located along the middle Odra River with its capital at Wrocław. It consists of Lower Silesia, the northwestern part of the historic and geographic region of Silesia.

The voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra voivodeships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.

1 Overview
- 1.1 Administrative divisions
- 1.2 Most popular surnames in the region
2 Tourism
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Overview

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

Wrocław (642,700);
Wałbrzych (139,600);
Legnica (108,000);
Jelenia Góra (93,500);
Lubin (83,500);
Głogów (74,200);
Świdnica (64,800);
Bolesławiec (44,400);
Oleśnica (38,900);
Dzierżoniów (38,300);
Bielawa (34,600);
Zgorzelec (36,800);
Oława (31,800);
Kłodzko (30,900);
Nowa Ruda (27,200);
Jawor (25,600);
Świebodzice (24,700);
Lubań (24,400);
Kamienna Góra (23,600);
Polkowice (21,600);

Other cities: Chojnów, Złotoryja (both under 20,000).

[edit] Administrative divisions

County name	County site	Number of communes	County area (in sq. km)	Population
Jelenia Góra City County	Jelenia Gora
Legnica City County	Legnica	1
Wałbrzych City County	Wałbrzych	1
Wrocław City County	Wrocław	1
Bolesławiec County	Bolesławiec
Dzierżoniów County	Dzierżoniów
Głogów County	Głogów
Góra County	Góra
Jawor County	Jawor
Jelenia Góra County	Jelenia Góra
Kamienna Góra County	Kamienna Góra
Kłodzko County	Kłodzko
Legnica County	Legnica
Lubań County	Lubań
Lubin County	Lubin
Lwówek Śląski County	Lwówek Śląski
Milicz County	Milicz
Oleśnica County	Oleśnica
Oława County	Oława
Polkowice County	Polkowice
Strzelin County	Strzelin
Środa Śląska County	Środa Śląska
Świdnica County	Świdnica
Trzebnica County	Trzebnica
Wałbrzych County	Wałbrzych
Wołów County	Wołów
Wrocław County	Wrocław	9	1116.2	92,900
Ząbkowice Śląskie County	Ząbkowice Śląskie	7	801.8	73,600
Zgorzelec County	Zgorzelec	7	838.1	101,300
Złotoryja County	Złotoryja	6	575.5	47,800

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

Nowak : 13,217
Kowalski : 9,429
Wójcik : 7,046

[edit] Tourism

Most tourists visit the famous ski resorts in Karkonosze mountains with its centres Szklarska Poręba and Karpacz. The cities of Wrocław, Jelenia Góra and Legnica also are famous for visitors. Town of Kudowa Zdroj, located in the Sudety Mountains, about 50 km west of Kłodzko, by the Czech border is a very well known resort in Europe, popular with tourists with heart problems. Kudowa's origin goes back to the 15th century.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Website of the government of Lower Silesia

Lower Silesian Voivodship counties
City counties: Jelenia Góra \| Legnica \| Wałbrzych \| Wrocław
Land counties: Bolesławiec \| Dzierżoniów \| Głogów \| Góra \| Jawor \| Jelenia Góra \| Kamienna Góra \| Kłodzko \| Legnica \| Lubań \| Lubin \| Lwówek Śląski \| Milicz \| Oleśnica \| Oława \| Polkowice \| Strzelin \| Środa Śląska \| Świdnica \| Trzebnica \| Wałbrzych \| Wołów \| Wrocław \| Ząbkowice Śląskie \| Zgorzelec \| Złotoryja