Jul 06
Poland’s provinces (”voivodeships”) are largely based on the country’s historic regions, whereas those of the past two decades (till 1998) had been centered on and named for individual cities. The new units range in area from under 10,000 km² (Opole Voivodeship) to over 35,000 km² (Masovian Voivodeship). Voivodeships are governed by voivod governments, and their legislatures are called voivodeship sejmiks.
| Voivodeship | Capital city or cities | |
|---|---|---|
| in Polish | ||
| Kuyavia-Pomerania | Kujawsko-Pomorskie | Bydgoszcz / Toruń |
| Greater Poland | Wielkopolskie | Poznań |
| Lesser Poland | Małopolskie | Kraków |
| Łódź | Łódzkie | Łódź |
| Lower Silesia | Dolnośląskie | Wrocław |
| Lublin | Lubelskie | Lublin |
| Lubusz | Lubuskie | Gorzów Wielkopolski / Zielona Góra |
| Masovia | Mazowieckie | Warsaw (National Capital) |
| Opole | Opolskie | Opole |
| Podlasie | Podlaskie | Białystok |
| Pomerania | Pomorskie | Gdańsk |
| Silesia | Śląskie | Katowice |
| Subcarpathia | Podkarpackie | Rzeszów |
| Swietokrzyskie | Świętokrzyskie | Kielce |
| Warmia-Masuria | Warmińsko-Mazurskie | Olsztyn |
| West Pomerania | Zachodniopomorskie | Szczecin |
