Administrative division of Poland
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Administrative division of Poland is as follows:
[edit] Modern
Poland is subdivided into sixteen administrative regions known as voivodeships (see voivodeships of Poland) (województwa, singular - województwo):
| Voivodeship | Capital city (cities) |
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| Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (Kujawsko-Pomorskie) | Bydgoszcz and Toruń |
| Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie) | Poznań |
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Małopolskie) | Kraków |
| Łódź Voivodeship (Łódzkie) | Łódź |
| Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Dolnośląskie) | Wrocław |
| Lublin Voivodeship (Lubelskie) | Lublin |
| Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie) | Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra |
| Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie) | Warsaw |
| Opole Voivodeship (Opolskie) | Opole |
| Podlachian Voivodeship (Podlaskie) | Białystok |
| Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie) | Gdańsk |
| Silesian Voivodeship (Śląskie) | Katowice |
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Podkarpackie) | Rzeszów |
| Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Świętokrzyskie) | Kielce |
| Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Warmińsko-Mazurskie) | Olsztyn |
| West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie) | Szczecin |
Lower levels of administrative division are:
[edit] Historical
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| National / Urban / Rural | voivodeship · powiat · gmina / dzielnica · osiedle / sołectwo · gromada |
| Historical | prowincja · ziemia · księstwo · okręg · gubernia · departament · rejencja · jurydyka |
