Subcarpathian Voivodship
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The Subcarpathian Voivodship (in Polish województwo podkarpackie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship of south-eastern Poland.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Rzeszow, Przemysl, Krosno and parts of Tarnow and Tarnobrzeg voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's geographical location by the Carpathian Mountains.
Capital city: Rzeszow
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Major cities and towns
(population in 1995):
- Rzeszow (160,300);
- Stalowa Wola (71,900);
- Przemysl (68,900);
- Mielec (64,400).
- Tarnobrzeg (50,700);
- Krosno (49,400);
- Debica (48,700);
- Jaroslaw (41,800).
- Sanok (41,400);
- Jaslo (38,900).
Subcarpathian Voivodship Counties
Subcarpathian Voivodship is divided onto 25 counties (powiat): 4 city counties (miasto na prawach powiatu) and 21 land counties (powiat ziemski), which are composed of 160 communes (gmina).
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Administrative division
- Krosno City County, powiat Krosno (grodzki)
- Przemysl City County, powiat Przemyśl (grodzki)
- Rzeszow City County, powiat Rzeszów (grodzki)
- Tarnobrzeg City County, powiat Tarnobrzeg (grodzki)
- Bieszczady County, powiat bieszczadzki, Ustrzyki Dolne
- Brzozow County, powiat brzozowski, Brzozow
- Debica County, powiat dębicki, Debica
- Jaroslaw County, powiat jarosławski, Jaroslaw
- Jaslo County, powiat jasielski, Jaslo
- Kolbuszowa County, powiat kolbuszowski, Kolbuszowa
- Krosno County, powiat krośnieński, Krosno
- Lesko Country, powiat leski, Lesko
- Lezajsk County, powiat leżajski, Lezajsk
- Lubaczow County, powiat lubaczowski, Lubaczow
- Lancut County, powiat łańcucki, Lancut
- Mielec County, powiat mielecki, Mielec
- Nisko County, powiat niżański, Nisko
- Przemysl County, powiat przemyski, Przemyśl
- Przeworsk County, powiat przeworski, Przeworsk
- Ropczyce-Sedziszow County, powiat ropczycko-sędziszowski, Ropczyce
- Rzeszow County, powiat rzeszowski, Rzeszow
- Sanok County, powiat sanocki, Sanok
- Stalowa Wola County, powiat stalowowolski, Stalowa Wola
- Strzyzow County, powiat strzyżowski, Strzyzow
- Tarnobrzeg County, powiat tarnobrzeski, Tarnobrzeg
Most popular surnames in the region
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