| Subcarpathian Voivodeship Województwo podkarpackie |
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| Location within Poland | |||
| Division into counties | |||
| Coordinates (Rzeszów): | |||
| Country | Poland | ||
| Capital | Rzeszów | ||
| Counties |
4 cities, 21 land counties *
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 17,844 km2 (6,889.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 2,101,732 | ||
| • Density | 117.8/km2 (305.1/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 850,022 | ||
| • Rural | 1,246,949 | ||
| Car plates | R | ||
| Website | http://www.wrota.podkarpackie.pl/pl/um | ||
| * further divided into 160 gminas | |||
Podkarpackie Voivodeship (in Polish, województwo podkarpackie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔtkarˈpatskʲɛ]), or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. (Historically Lwów was the administrative center of this part of Poland, but after 1945, when Lwów became part of the Soviet Union, that city's role was relinquished to Rzeszów.)
The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Krosno and (partially) Tarnów and Tarnobrzeg Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local-government reforms adopted in 1998. The name derives from the region's location near the Carpathian Mountains, and the voivodeship comprises areas of two historic regions of Eastern Europe — Lesser Poland (western and northwestern counties) and Red Ruthenia. In the Interbellum, Subcarpathian Voivodeship belonged to "Poland B", the less-developed, more rural parts of Poland. To boost the local economy, the government of the Second Polish Republic began in the mid-1930s a massive program of industrialization, known as the Central Industrial Region. The program created several major armament factories, including PZL Mielec, PZL Rzeszów, Huta Stalowa Wola, and factories in other Subcarpathian towns such as Dębica, Nowa Dęba, Sanok, Tarnobrzeg and Nowa Sarzyna.
It is bordered by Lesser Poland Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north-west, Lublin Voivodeship to the north, Ukraine to the east and Slovakia to the south. It covers an area of 17,844 square kilometres (6,890 sq mi), and has a population of 2,096,971 (as at 2006). The voivodeship is mostly hilly or mountainous (see Bieszczady, Beskidy); its northwestern corner is flat. It is one of the most wooded Polish voivodeships (35.9% of total area), within its borders there is whole Bieszczady National Park, and parts of Magura National Park. Furthermore, the creation of Turnicki National Park is planned.
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The voivodeship contains 50 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures as of 30 June 2008)[1]
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Subcarpathian Voivodeship is divided into 25 counties (powiats): 4 city counties and 21 land counties. These are further divided into 160 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
| English and Polish names |
Area | Population (2006) |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
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| City counties | ||||||
| Rzeszów | 77 | 30 | 179,455 | 1 | ||
| Przemyśl | 44 | 17 | 66,715 | 1 | ||
| Tarnobrzeg | 86 | 33 | 50,033 | 1 | ||
| Krosno | 43 | 17 | 47,693 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | ||||||
| Rzeszów County powiat rzeszowski |
1,219 | 471 | 169,586 | Rzeszów * | Dynów, Boguchwała, Głogów Małopolski, Sokołów Małopolski, Tyczyn, Błażowa | 14 |
| Mielec County powiat mielecki |
880 | 340 | 133,148 | Mielec | Radomyśl Wielki, Przecław | 10 |
| Dębica County powiat dębicki |
776 | 300 | 132,473 | Dębica | Pilzno, Brzostek | 7 |
| Jarosław County powiat jarosławski |
1,029 | 397 | 122,368 | Jarosław | Radymno, Pruchnik | 11 |
| Jasło County powiat jasielski |
830 | 320 | 115,128 | Jasło | Kołaczyce | 10 |
| Krosno County powiat krośnieński |
924 | 357 | 109,715 | Krosno * | Jedlicze, Rymanów, Dukla, Iwonicz-Zdrój | 10 |
| Stalowa Wola County powiat stalowowolski |
833 | 322 | 109,170 | Stalowa Wola | 6 | |
| Sanok County powiat sanocki |
1,225 | 473 | 94,740 | Sanok | Zagórz | 8 |
| Przeworsk County powiat przeworski |
698 | 269 | 78,691 | Przeworsk | Kańczuga, Sieniawa | 9 |
| Łańcut County powiat łańcucki |
452 | 175 | 77,710 | Łańcut | 7 | |
| Ropczyce-Sędziszów County powiat ropczycko-sędziszowski |
549 | 212 | 71,220 | Ropczyce | Sędziszów Małopolski | 5 |
| Przemyśl County powiat przemyski |
1,214 | 469 | 70,882 | Przemyśl * | 10 | |
| Leżajsk County powiat leżajski |
583 | 225 | 69,235 | Leżajsk | Nowa Sarzyna | 5 |
| Nisko County powiat niżański |
786 | 303 | 67,042 | Nisko | Rudnik nad Sanem, Ulanów | 7 |
| Brzozów County powiat brzozowski |
540 | 210 | 65,254 | Brzozów | 6 | |
| Strzyżów County powiat strzyżowski |
503 | 194 | 61,938 | Strzyżów | 5 | |
| Kolbuszowa County powiat kolbuszowski |
774 | 299 | 61,399 | Kolbuszowa | 6 | |
| Lubaczów County powiat lubaczowski |
1,308 | 505 | 57,120 | Lubaczów | Oleszyce, Narol, Cieszanów | 8 |
| Tarnobrzeg County powiat tarnobrzeski |
520 | 200 | 53,730 | Tarnobrzeg * | Nowa Dęba, Baranów Sandomierski | 4 |
| Lesko County powiat leski |
835 | 322 | 26,613 | Lesko | 5 | |
| Bieszczady County powiat bieszczadzki |
1,138 | 439 | 22,213 | Ustrzyki Dolne | 3 | |
| * seat not part of the county | ||||||
Protected areas in Subcarpathian Voivodeship include two national parks and 11 Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
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