Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Województwo podkarpackie
Voivodeship

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Location within Poland

Division into counties
Coordinates (Rzeszów): 50°2′1″N 22°0′17″E / 50.03361°N 22.00472°E / 50.03361; 22.00472
Country  Poland
Capital Rzeszów
Counties
Area
 • Total 17,844 km2 (6,890 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 2,129,187
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
 • Urban 850,022
 • Rural 1,246,949
Car plates R
Website http://www.wrota.podkarpackie.pl/en
  • further divided into 160 gminas
Palace of Lubomirski family in Rzeszów

Podkarpackie Voivodeship or Podkarpackie Province[1] (in Polish: województwo podkarpackie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔtkarˈpatskʲɛ]), also known as 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.

Cities and towns

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)[2]

  1. Rzeszów (179,455)
  2. Przemyśl (66,756)
  3. Stalowa Wola (64,753)
  4. Mielec (60,979)
  5. Tarnobrzeg (49,753)
  6. Krosno (47,455)
  7. Dębica (47,234)
  8. Jarosław (40,167)
  9. Sanok (39,110)
  10. Jasło (37,277)
  11. Łańcut (18,004)
  12. Przeworsk (15,675)
  13. Nisko (15,534)
  14. Ropczyce (15,098)
  15. Leżajsk (14,127)
  16. Lubaczów (12,405)
  17. Nowa Dęba (11,310)
  18. Ustrzyki Dolne (9,383)
  19. Kolbuszowa (9,190)
  20. Strzyżów (8,709)
  21. Brzozów (7,677)
  22. Sędziszów Małopolski (7,078)
  23. Rudnik nad Sanem (6,765)
  24. Nowa Sarzyna (6,178)
  25. Dynów (6,058)
  26. Lesko (5,755)
  27. Boguchwała (5,712)
  28. Jedlicze (5,645)
  29. Radymno (5,543)
  30. Głogów Małopolski (5,325)
  31. Zagórz (4,988)
  32. Pilzno (4,484)
  33. Sokołów Małopolski (3,962)
  34. Rymanów (3,585)
  35. Pruchnik (3,519)
  36. Tyczyn (3,353)
  37. Kańczuga (3,187)
  38. Oleszyce (3,089)
  39. Radomyśl Wielki (2,962)
  40. Brzostek (2,597)
  41. Dukla (2,127)
  42. Narol (2,109)
  43. Sieniawa (2,127)
  44. Błażowa (2,121)
  45. Cieszanów (1,916)
  46. Iwonicz-Zdrój (1,831)
  47. Przecław (1,534)
  48. Kołaczyce (c. 1,500)
  49. Ulanów (1,491)
  50. Baranów Sandomierski (1,440)

Administrative division

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
km² sq mi
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

Protected areas in Subcarpathian Voivodeship include two national parks and 11 Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

History

Main article: Lendians
Main article: Wiślanie
Main article: Great Moravia
Main article: Ostsiedlung
Main article: Ruthenian Voivodeship
Main article: Lwów Voivodeship
Main article: Walddeutsche
Main article: Pogórzanie
Main article: Lemkos

Ethnic groups

Regional costumes of the Pogorzans

Most popular surnames in the region

  1. Mazur:[3] 9,530
  2. Nowak: 9,301
  3. Baran: 8,020

Notable residents

Subcarpathia landscape pictures

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Arkadiusz Belczyk, Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.
  2. ↑ "Population. Size and structure by territorial division (as of December 31, 2008)" (PDF). © 1995–2009 Central Statistical Office 00-925 Warsaw, Al. Niepodległości 208. 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-06-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ Kujawiak, Ślązak similarly as Krakowiak and Mazur, took its name from the region of origin; " Mazowsze zasługuje na uwagę ze względu uzdolnień kolonizacyjnych ludności, które to plemię zapędzały na Ruś Czerwoną, w ziemię bialską, więc w sadyby dawnych Jadźwingów, na Podole. Wszędzie jednakże swoje plemienne cechy, a chociażby nazwę Mazurzy. Do dziś dnia (Tatomir Geografija Galicji 1876. str. 59) między Rabą a lewym brzegiem Sanu ludność miejscowa nosi nazwę Mazurów, z których część pod nazwą Grębowiaków (Lisowiaków al. Borowców) siedzi między Wisłą, dolnym Sanem po Mielec, i Leżajsk. Mamy zaś ślady, że w 1373 w Sanockiem nad Sanem, z daru księcia Władysława Opolczyka, a wówczas pana Rusi (lwowskiej) otrzymał wieś Jabłonicę Przybysław syn Fala z ziemi łęczyckiej (AGZ t. VII, str. 15-16)..." [w:] Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI. III. Etnografia i stosunki społeczne. str. 191.

External links

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Coordinates: 49°57′24″N 22°10′22″E / 49.95667°N 22.17278°E / 49.95667; 22.17278

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