Gmina Zawoja

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Gmina Zawoja Zawoja Commune
—  Gmina  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates (Zawoja): 49°40′N 19°34′E / 49.667, 19.567
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Sucha
Seat	Zawoja
Area
- Total	128.8 km² (49.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	8,849
- Density	68.7/km² (177.9/sq mi)
Website: http://www.zawoja.pl

Gmina Zawoja is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Zawoja, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Sucha Beskidzka and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.

The gmina covers an area of 128.8 square kilometres (49.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,849.

[edit] Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zawoja is bordered by the gminas of Bystra-Sidzina, Jabłonka, Koszarawa, Lipnica Wielka, Maków Podhalański and Stryszawa. It also borders Slovakia.

[edit] References

• Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Gminas of Sucha County Urban gminas: Sucha Beskidzka (seat) • Jordanów Urban-rural gmina: Gmina Maków Podhalański  Rural gminas: Gmina Budzów • Gmina Bystra-Sidzina • Gmina Jordanów • Gmina Stryszawa • Gmina Zawoja • Gmina Zembrzyce