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Krosno (in full The Royal Free City of Krosno, Polish: Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 48.060 inhabitants (2004). Image File history File links Herb_Krosna. ... Image File history File links Herb_Krosna. ...


Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Krosno Voivodship (1975-1998). Subcarpathian voivodship since 1999 The Subcarpathian Voivodship (in Polish województwo podkarpackie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship of south-eastern Poland. ... Krosno Voivodship (Polish: województwo krośnieńskie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodship. ...


(Note: Do not confuse Krosno with Krosno Odrzańskie in the Lubusz Voivodship.) Krosno Odrzańskie (German: Crossen an der Oder) is a city in Western Poland with 12,500 inhabitants (2002), situated in the Lubusz Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Zielona Góra Voivodship (1975-1998). ... Lubusz voivodship since 1999 The Lubusz Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubuskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the western part of Poland. ...


Krosno is located in an oil bearing region. Surface seepage of oil was locally used (unrefined) in lamps as early as the sixteenth century. In the 19th century Ignacy Łukasiewicz a local pharmacist began exploiting the deposits from hand-dug wells, years before the drilling at Titusville, Pennsylvania which is usually said to be the beginning of modern petroleum development Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (born March 8, 1822 - January 7, 1882) was the founder of the world petroleum industry. ... Titusville is the name of several places in the United States of America: Titusville, Florida Titusville, New Jersey Titusville, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ...

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  • Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania in Rzeszów, branch in Krosno

Rzeszów (pronounce: [ʒεʃuv]) is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 168 705 (2005), granted a town charter in 1354, the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously of Rzeszow Voivodship (1945-1998). ...

Politics

The Krosno constituency includes several other smaller cities.


Krosno/Przemysl constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Krosno/Przemysl constituency This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ...

  • Domaradzki Wojciech, SLD-UP
  • Firak Witold, SLD-UP
  • Głowa Józef, Samoobrona
  • Kaleniecki Tadeusz, SLD-UP
  • Kasprzak Mieczysław, PSL
  • Kawa Marian, SLD-UP
  • Kędra Ryszard, LPR
  • Kuchciński Marek, PiS
  • Lis Alicja, Samoobrona
  • Łukacijewska Elżbieta, PO
  • Woś Adam, PSL

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