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Lublin Voivodship (in Polish województwo
lubelskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship
in the eastern part of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Lublin (2), Chelm, Zamosc, Biala Podlaska and partly Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodships
as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name and the
biggest city: Lublin.
It borders with the Podlasie (Podlaskie),
Msovian (Mazowieckie), Swietokrzyskie (Swietokrzyskie), Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) voivodships and also
the frontiers of Ukraine and Belarus.
Administrative division
24 counties (4 city counties + 20 land counties)
- Biala Podlaska City County, miasto na prawach
powiatu
- Chelm City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
- Lublin City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
- Zamość City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
- Biala Podlaska
County, powiat bialski, Biala Podlaska
- Bilgoraj County, powiat
biłgorajski, Bilgoraj
- Chelm County, powiat
chełmski, Chelm
- Hrubieszow County,
powiat hrubieszowski, Hrubieszow
- Janow Lubelski
County, powiat janowski, Janow Lubelski
- Krasnystaw County,
powiat krasnostawski, Krasnystaw
- Krasnik County, powiat
kraśnicki, Krasnik
- Lubartow County, powiat
lubartowski, Lubartow
- Lublin County, powiat
lubelski, Lublin
- Leczna County, powiat
łęczyński, Leczna
- Lukow County, powiat
łukowski, Lukow
- Opole
Lubelskie County, powiat opolski, Opole Lubelskie
- Parczew County, powiat
parczewski, Parczew
- Pulawy County, powiat
puławski, Pulawy
- Radzyn
Podlaski County, powiat radzyński, Radzyn Podlaski
- Ryki County, powiat rycki,
Ryki
- Swidnik County, powiat
świdnicki, Swidnik
- Tomaszow
Lubelski County, powiat tomaszowski, Tomaszow Lubelski
- Wlodawa County, powiat
włodawski, Wlodawa
- Zamosc County, powiat zamojski, Zamosc
Previous Lublin voivodships
Lublin Voivodship (2) (Polish: województwo
lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in
years 1975-1998, superseded by Lublin Voivodship
(1)
Capital city: Lublin
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Lublin (353,300);
- Pulawy (54,300);
- Swidnik (40,300);
- Krasnik (37,500);
- Lubartow (23,500);
- Leczna (21,900).
Lublin Voivodship (3) (Polish: województwo
lubelskie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years
1945-1975, superseded by Lublin (2), Chelm, Zamosc, Biala Podlaska,
Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodships
Capital city: Lublin
Lublin Voivodship (4) (Polish: województwo
lubelskie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years
1921-1939.
Capital city: Lublin
Lublin Voivodship (5) (Latin: Palatinatus
Lublinensis, Polish: województwo lubelskie) - a unit of
administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of
Poland created in 16th century out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodship till the partitions of Poland in 1772. Part of Little Poland province.
See also:
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