Rzeszów Voivodeship

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Rzeszów Voivodeship (Polish: województwo rzeszowskie) can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:

Rzeszów Voivodeship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Major cities and towns included (population in 1995 in brackets):

• Its capital city, Rzeszow (160,300)
• Mielec (64,400),
• Kolbuszowa,
• Lancut.

Rzeszów Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1945 to 1975, superseded by Rzeszow (1), Przemysl, Krosno and parts of Tarnow and Tarnobrzeg voivodeships. Its creation was the result of change of Polish borders in 1945. Traditional center of this part of the country, Lwow, became annexed by the Soviet Union. Due to this fact, Polish government had to come up with a new city, which would have taken the role of Lwow. As Przemysl, which was the second biggest city of the area (after Lwow), is located too close to the border, the new capital was organized in Rzeszow, a city in 1945 much smaller than Przemysl.

[edit] See also

• Voivodeships of Poland