Voivod(e)ship is a term denoting the position of, or more commonly the area administered by, a voi(e)vod(e). Voivodeships have existed since medieval times in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 and Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

.

In a modern context, the word normally refers to one of the province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

s (województwa

Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship, or province, called in Polish województwo , has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century....

) of Poland, of which there are currently 16.

Terminology

A voi(e)vod(e) (literally, "leader of warriors" or "war leader", equivalent to the Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 "Dux Exercituum" and the German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 "Herzog") was originally a military commander who stood, in a state's structure, next to the ruler. Later the word came to denote an administrative official.

Words for "voivodeship" in various languages include the ; the ; the (војводина), vojvodstvo (војводство) or vojvodovina (војводовина); the ; the (vajvodstva); the . Some of these words, or variants of them, may also be used in English.

Named for the word for "voivodeship" is the autonomous Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

.

Though the word "voivodeship" (other spellings are "voievodship" and "voivodship") appears in English dictionaries such as the OED and Webster's, it is not in common general usage, and voivodeships in Poland and elsewhere are frequently referred to as "province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

s". Depending on context, historic voivodeships may also be referred to as "duchies", "palatinates" (the Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 word "palatinatus" was used for a voivodeship in Poland), "administrative districts" or "regions".

Current Polish voivodeships

Since 1999, Poland has been divided into the following 16 voivodeships or provinces (for more information see Administrative divisions of Poland

Administrative divisions of Poland

The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships ; these are further divided into powiats , and these in turn are divided into gminas . Major cities normally have the status of both gmina and powiat...

 and Voivodeships of Poland

Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship, or province, called in Polish województwo , has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century....

):

• Greater Poland Voivodeship
  Greater Poland Voivodeship
  Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
  
   (województwo wielkopolskie)
• Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
  Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
  -Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...
  
   (województwo kujawsko-pomorskie)
• Lesser Poland Voivodeship
  Lesser Poland Voivodeship
  Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
  
   (województwo małopolskie)
• Łódź Voivodeship (województwo łódzkie)
• Lower Silesian Voivodeship
  Lower Silesian Voivodeship
  Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...
  
   (województwo dolnośląskie)
• Lublin Voivodeship
  Lublin Voivodeship
  - Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
  
   (województwo lubelskie)
• Lubusz Voivodeship
  Lubusz Voivodeship
  - Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....
  
   (województwo lubuskie)
• Masovian Voivodeship
  Masovian Voivodeship
  -Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...
  
   (województwo mazowieckie)
• Opole Voivodeship
  Opole Voivodeship
  - Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...
  
    (województwo opolskie)
• Podlaskie Voivodeship
  Podlaskie Voivodeship
  Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...
  
    (województwo podlaskie)
• Pomeranian Voivodeship
  Pomeranian Voivodeship
  Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
  
   (województwo pomorskie)
• Silesian Voivodeship
  Silesian Voivodeship
  Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
  
   (województwo śląskie)
• Subcarpathian Voivodeship
  Subcarpathian Voivodeship
  Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
  
   (województwo podkarpackie)
• Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
  Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
  Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...
  
   (województwo świętokrzyskie)
• Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
  Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
  Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, or Warmia-Masuria Province , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn...
  
   (województwo warmińsko-mazurskie)
• West Pomeranian Voivodeship
  West Pomeranian Voivodeship
  West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...
  
   (województwo zachodniopomorskie)

Outside Poland

In the territory of modern Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 and Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

, the regions of Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

, Moldavia

Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...

 and Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

 were formerly voivodeships.

Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 include the Voivodeship of Salan

Salan

]Salan, Dux Salanus or Zalan was, according to the Gesta Hungarorum, a Bulgarian voivod who ruled in the 9th century between Danube and Tisa rivers, mainly in the territory of present-day Bačka region of Serbia and Hungary. The capital city of his voivodship was Titel...

 (9th–10th century), Voivodeship of Sermon

Sermon (ruler)

Sermon was an 11th century voivode of Syrmia and a local governor in the First Bulgarian Empire, vassal of Bulgarian emperor Samuil...

 (11th century) and Voivodeship of Syrmia of Radoslav Čelnik

Radoslav Celnik

Radoslav Čelnik was a duke of Srem in the 16th century. At first, Radoslav Čelnik was a general commander of Emperor Jovan Nenad's army. In 1527, when Emperor Jovan Nenad was murdered and his army was dispersed, Radoslav Čelnik, together with part of the former emperor's army moved from Bačka to...

 (1527–1530). A voivodeship called Serbian Vojvodina

Serbian Vojvodina

The Serbian Vojvodina was a Serbian autonomous region within the Austrian Empire...

 was established in 1848–1849; this was transformed into the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, a land within the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1849 to 1860. This is the origin of the name of the present-day Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

.

Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 and Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 include the Voivodeship of Glad

Glad (duke)

Glad was a duke of Bulgarian origin who, according to the 13th-century chronicle Gesta Ungarorum "", ruled in the territory of modern Banat at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 896...

 (9th–10th century) and the Voivodeship of Ahtum

Ahtum

Ahtum, also Achtum or Ajtony , was a local ruler in the region of Banat in the first decades of the 11th century. King Saint Stephen I of Hungary sent Csanád - one of Ahtum’s former retainers - to fight against him...

 (11th century).

In Poland and its territories

For more information about the divisions of Polish lands in particular periods, see Administrative divisions of Poland ("Historical").

Voivodeships in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...

 (1569–1795):

• In the Polish Crown Lands:
  • Poznań Voivodeship
    Poznan Voivodeship
    -1975 to 1998:From 1975 to 1998, Poznań Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.Capital city: Poznań.Major cities and towns :...
    
    
  • Kalisz Voivodeship
    Kalisz Voivodeship
    -Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998:Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998 was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.Capital city: Kalisz...
    
    
  • Gniezno Voivodeship
    Gniezno Voivodeship
    Gniezno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793...
    
    
  • Sieradz Voivodeship
    Sieradz Voivodeship
    Sieradz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Łódź Voivodeship.-1975-1998:Capital city: SieradzMajor cities and towns: :* Zduńska Wola ;...
    
    
  • Łęczyca Voivodeship
    Łęczyca Voivodeship
    Łęczyca Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century until the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795...
    
    
  • Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
    Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship
    Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795...
    
    
  • Inowrocław Voivodeship
  • Chełmno Voivodeship
  • Malbork Voivodeship
    Malbork Voivodeship
    The Malbork Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1454/1466 until the partitions in 1772-1795. Together with the Pomeranian and Chełmno Voivodeships and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia it formed the historical province of Royal Prussia...
    
    
  • Pomeranian Voivodeship
    Pomeranian Voivodeship
    Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
    
    
  • Płock Voivodeship
  • Rawa Voivodeship
    Rawa Voivodeship
    Rawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795. It was part of the Greater Polish prowincja...
    
    
  • Masovian Voivodeship
  • Kraków Voivodeship
    Kraków Voivodeship
    Kraków Voivodeship, refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland in the surrounding regions, with the city of Kraków as its capital.- Kraków Voivodeship 1975-1998 :...
    
    
  • Sandomierz Voivodeship
    Sandomierz Voivodeship
    Sandomierz Voivodeship was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Little Poland region. Originally Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin, but in 1474 its three eastern counties...
    
    
  • Lublin Voivodeship
    Lublin Voivodeship
    - Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
    
    
  • Podlasie Voivodeship
    Podlasie Voivodeship
    Administrative subdivision of Congress PolandIt was created in 1816 from the Siedlce Department.Its capital was in Siedlce.-References:* Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland...
    
    
  • Ruthenian Voivodeship
    Ruthenian Voivodeship
    Ruthenia Voivodeship was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Poland . Together with Bełz Voivodeship, it formed Lesser Poland Province with its capital city in Kraków. Part of Lesser Poland region...
    
    
  • Bełz Voivodeship
  • Wolhynia Voivodeship
  • Podole Voivodeship
    Podole Voivodeship
    The Podole Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland, since the 14th century till 1793/1795, except for a short period of Ottoman Empire administration as Podolia Eyalet. Together with the Bracław Voivodeship it formed the historical province...
    
    
  • Bracław Voivodeship
  • Kijów Voivodeship
    Kijów Voivodeship
    The Kiev Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1471 until 1569 and of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793 as part of Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown....
    
    
  • Czernihów Voivodeship
    Czernihów Voivodeship
    Chernihiv Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1635 until Khmelnytsky Uprising in 1648...
    
    
• In the historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
  
  :
  • Vilnius Voivodeship
    Vilnius Voivodeship
    The Vilnius Voivodeship was one of voivodeships in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, created in 1413, from the Duchy of Lithuania and neighbouring lands.- Geography and administrative division :...
    
    
  • Trakai Voivodeship
    Trakai Voivodeship
    Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship , was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795.-History:...
    
    
  • Nowogródek Voivodeship
  • Brest-Litovsk Voivodeship
  • Minsk Voivodeship
    Minsk Voivodeship
    Minsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413 and later in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth till the partitions of the Commonwealth in 1795...
    
    
  • Mścisław Voivodeship
  • Smolensk Voivodeship
    Smolensk Voivodeship
    Smolensk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth....
    
    
  • Vitebsk Voivodeship
  • Połock Voivodeship
• In the historical Duchy of Livonia
  Duchy of Livonia
  The Duchy of Livonia was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — that existed from 1561 to 1621...
  
  :
  • Wenden Voivodship (1598–1620)
  • Dorpat Voivodship (1598–1620)
  • Parnava Voivodship (1598–1620)
  • Livonian Voivodship (from the 1620s)

Voivodeships of Poland, 1921–1939:

• Silesian Voivodeship
• Białystok Voivodeship
• Kielce Voivodeship
• Kraków Voivodeship
  Kraków Voivodeship (1919-1939)
  Kraków Voivodeship - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1919–1939. Back then, it covered a big chunk of southern part of the country, including such cities as Kraków, Jaworzno and Tarnów. Capital city: Kraków....
  
  
• Łódź Voivodeship
• Lublin Voivodeship
• Lwów Voivodeship
  Lwów Voivodeship
  Lwów Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . According to Nazis and Soviets it ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland . The Polish underground administration existed till August 1944.-Population:Its capital, biggest and most...
  
  
• Nowogródek Voivodeship
  Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919-1939)
  Nowogródek Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division of the Second Polish Republic between 1919 and 1939, with the capital in Nowogródek . Following German and Soviet Invasion of Poland of September 1939, Poland's borders were redrawn in accordance with the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact...
  
  
• Polesie Voivodeship
  Polesie Voivodeship
  Polesie Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland .-Population:...
  
  
• Pomeranian Voivodeship
• Poznań Voivodeship
• Stanisławów Voivodeship
• Tarnopol Voivodeship
  Tarnopol Voivodeship
  Tarnopol Voivodeship was an administrative region of interwar Poland with an area of 16,500 km², 17 counties, and capital in Tarnopol...
  
  
• Warsaw Voivodeship
• Wilno Voivodeship
• Volhynian Voivodeship

Voivodeships of Poland, 1945–1975:

• Białystok Voivodeship
• Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
  Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
  Bydgoszcz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Capital city: Bydgoszcz Area: Statistics : Population: inhabitants...
  
  
• Gdańsk Voivodeship
  Gdansk Voivodeship
  The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.----Gdańsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Katowice Voivodeship
  Katowice Voivodeship
  Katowice Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Kielce Voivodeship
  Kielce Voivodeship
  Kielce Voivodeship is a former unit of administrative division and local government in Poland.-1921-1938:Kielce Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921-1939. Back then, it covered a large chunk of central part of the country, including such...
  
  
• Koszalin Voivodeship
  Koszalin Voivodeship
  Koszalin Voivodeship – a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Capital city: Koszalin Area: 8.500 km² Statistics :...
  
  
• Kraków Voivodeship
  Kraków Voivodeship
  Kraków Voivodeship, refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland in the surrounding regions, with the city of Kraków as its capital.- Kraków Voivodeship 1975-1998 :...
  
  
• Łódź Voivodeship
• Lublin Voivodeship
  Lublin Voivodeship
  - Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
  
  
• Olsztyn Voivodeship
  Olsztyn Voivodeship
  Olsztyn Voivodeship was an administrative division and unit of local government in Poland in the years 1745-75, and a new territorial division between 1975–1998, superseded by Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Opole Voivodeship
  Opole Voivodeship
  - Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...
  
  
• Poznań Voivodeship
  Poznan Voivodeship
  -1975 to 1998:From 1975 to 1998, Poznań Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.Capital city: Poznań.Major cities and towns :...
  
  
• Rzeszów Voivodeship
  Rzeszów Voivodeship
  Rzeszów Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:Rzeszów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Podkarpackie Voivodeship...
  
  
• Szczecin Voivodeship
  Szczecin Voivodeship
  Szczecin Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship.----Statistics :*Area: 10.000 km²...
  
  
• Warsaw Voivodeship
  Warsaw Voivodeship
  Warszawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship.Capital city: WarsawMajor cities and towns: :* Warsaw ;...
  
  
• Wrocław Voivodeship
• Zielona Góra Voivodeship
  Zielona Góra Voivodeship
  Zielona Góra Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1950–1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship. Its capital city was Zielona Góra.-Major cities and towns :...
  
  

Voivodeships of Poland, 1975–1998:

• Biała Podlaska Voivodeship
• Białystok Voivodeship
• Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship
• Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
  Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
  Bydgoszcz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Capital city: Bydgoszcz Area: Statistics : Population: inhabitants...
  
  
• Chełm Voivodeship
• Ciechanów Voivodeship
  Ciechanów Voivodeship
  Ciechanów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by the Masovian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Ciechanów.-Major cities and towns :* Ciechanów...
  
  
• Częstochowa Voivodeship
  Czestochowa Voivodeship
  Częstochowa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded mainly by Silesian Voivodeship, with a few eastern gminas attached to the freshly created Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship...
  
  
• Elbląg Voivodeship
  Elblag Voivodeship
  Elbląg Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Elbląg....
  
  
• Gdańsk Voivodeship
  Gdansk Voivodeship
  The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.----Gdańsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Gorzów Voivodeship
  Gorzów Voivodeship
  Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship...
  
  
• Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
  Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
  Jelenia Gora Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Kalisz Voivodeship
  Kalisz Voivodeship
  -Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998:Kalisz Voivodeship 1975–1998 was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.Capital city: Kalisz...
  
  
• Katowice Voivodeship
  Katowice Voivodeship
  Katowice Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Kielce Voivodeship
  Kielce Voivodeship
  Kielce Voivodeship is a former unit of administrative division and local government in Poland.-1921-1938:Kielce Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921-1939. Back then, it covered a large chunk of central part of the country, including such...
  
  
• Konin Voivodeship
  Konin Voivodeship
  Konin Voivodeship - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its capital city was Konin.-Major cities and towns :* Konin * Turek...
  
  
• Koszalin Voivodeship
  Koszalin Voivodeship
  Koszalin Voivodeship – a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Capital city: Koszalin Area: 8.500 km² Statistics :...
  
  
• Kraków Voivodeship
  Kraków Voivodeship
  Kraków Voivodeship, refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland in the surrounding regions, with the city of Kraków as its capital.- Kraków Voivodeship 1975-1998 :...
  
  
• Krosno Voivodeship
  Krosno Voivodeship
  Krosno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship . Its capital city was Krosno....
  
  
• Legnica Voivodeship
  Legnica Voivodeship
  Legnica Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Legnica.-Major cities and towns :* Legnica...
  
  
• Leszno Voivodeship
  Leszno Voivodeship
  Leszno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its capital city was Leszno.-Major cities and towns :* Leszno...
  
  
• Łódź Voivodeship
• Łomża Voivodeship
• Lublin Voivodeship
  Lublin Voivodeship
  - Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
  
  
• Nowy Sacz Voivodeship
  Nowy Sacz Voivodeship
  Nowy Sacz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government, located in southern Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship...
  
  
• Olsztyn Voivodeship
  Olsztyn Voivodeship
  Olsztyn Voivodeship was an administrative division and unit of local government in Poland in the years 1745-75, and a new territorial division between 1975–1998, superseded by Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Opole Voivodeship
  Opole Voivodeship
  - Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...
  
  
• Ostrołęka Voivodeship
• Piotrków Voivodeship
  Piotrków Voivodeship
  Piotrków Voivodeship was a voivodeship, or unit of administrative division and local government, in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Łódź Voivodeship...
  
  
• Piła Voivodeship
• Poznań Voivodeship
  Poznan Voivodeship
  -1975 to 1998:From 1975 to 1998, Poznań Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.Capital city: Poznań.Major cities and towns :...
  
  
• Przemyśl Voivodeship
  Przemysl Voivodeship
  Przemyśl Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. Its capital city was Przemyśl.-See also:* Voivodeships of Poland...
  
  
• Płock Voivodeship
• Radom Voivodeship
  Radom Voivodeship
  Radom Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship...
  
  
• Rzeszów Voivodeship
  Rzeszów Voivodeship
  Rzeszów Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:Rzeszów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Podkarpackie Voivodeship...
  
  
• Siedlce Voivodeship
  Siedlce Voivodeship
  Siedlce Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship. Its capital city was Siedlce.-Major cities and towns :...
  
  
• Sieradz Voivodeship
  Sieradz Voivodeship
  Sieradz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Łódź Voivodeship.-1975-1998:Capital city: SieradzMajor cities and towns: :* Zduńska Wola ;...
  
  
• Skierniewice Voivodeship
  Skierniewice Voivodeship
  Skierniewice Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Łódź Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Skierniewice.-Major cities and towns :...
  
  
• Suwałki Voivodeship
• Szczecin Voivodeship
  Szczecin Voivodeship
  Szczecin Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship.----Statistics :*Area: 10.000 km²...
  
  
• Słupsk Voivodeship
• Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship
  Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship
  Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded in parts by Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship. Its capital city was Tarnobrzeg....
  
  
• Tarnów Voivodeship
  Tarnów Voivodeship
  Tarnów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its capital city was Tarnów. Located in southeastern part of the country, its area was 4,151 km2....
  
  
• Toruń Voivodeship
  Torun Voivodeship
  Toruń Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Toruń.-Major cities and towns :...
  
  
• Warsaw Voivodeship
  Warsaw Voivodeship
  Warszawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship.Capital city: WarsawMajor cities and towns: :* Warsaw ;...
  
  
• Wałbrzych Voivodeship
• Wrocław Voivodeship
• Włocławek Voivodeship
• Zamość Voivodeship
  Zamosc Voivodeship
  Zamość Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lublin Voivodeship.Capital city: ZamośćMajor cities and towns :* Zamość * Biłgoraj...
  
  
• Zielona Góra Voivodeship
  Zielona Góra Voivodeship
  Zielona Góra Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1950–1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship. Its capital city was Zielona Góra.-Major cities and towns :...