Gdansk Voivodship
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Gdańsk Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodship.
Capital city: Gdańsk
Statistics (1 January 1992):
Area: 7.400 sq.km
Population: 1.431.600 inhabitants
Population density: 194 inhabitants/sq.km
Administrative division: 47 communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 20
Governors:
- Maciej Plazynski 1990-1997
Major cities and towns (population 1995):
- Gdańsk (462,800);
- Gdynia (251,400);
- Tczew (60,600);
- Starogard Gdanski (50,600);
- Wejherowo (47.300);
- Sopot (43,700);
- Rumia (40,000);
- Koscierzyna (23.100);
- Pruszcz Gdanski (21.200),
Other towns (population 1980):
- Kartuzy (12,000);
- Puck (11,100);
- Wladyslawowo (10,600).
Gdansk Voivodship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by the voivodships of Gdansk (1), Elblag and Slupsk (area of Lebork).
Capital city: Gdansk
List of counties in 1946-1975
English county name, Polish county name, capital city
- Gdansk City, miasto Gdańsk
- Gdynia City, Miasto Gdynia
- Elblag County, powiat elbląski, Elblag
- Gdansk County, powiat gdański, Gdansk
- Kartuzy County powiat kartuski, Kartuzy
- Koscierzyna County, powiat kościerzyński, Koscierzyna
- Kwidzyn County, powiat kwidzyński, Kwidzyn
- Lebork County, powiat leborski, Lebork
- Malbork County, powiat malborski, Malbork
- Sea County, powiat morski Puck
- Starogard County, powiat starogardzki, Starogard Gdański
- Sztum County, powiat sztumski, Sztum
- Tczew County, powiat tczewski, Tczew
New counties established 1946-1975:
- Sopot City, miasto Sopot, previously part of Gdansk County
- Elblag City, miasto Elbląg, previously part of Elblag County
- Puck County, powiat puck, Puck, previously part of Sea County
- Wejherowo County, powiat wejherowski, Wejherowo, previously part of Sea County
- Nowy Dwor Gdanski County, powiat nowodworski, Nowy Dwor Gdanski, previously part of Gdansk County