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Podlachia Voivodship or Podlasie Voivodship (Polish: województwo podlaskie) is an administrative region, or voivodship, in northeastern Poland. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Podlaskie2. ... Image File history File links Podlaskie1. ... BiaÅ‚ystok (pronounced: , Belarusian: , Lithuanian: , Yiddish ×‘×™×Ö·×œ×™×¡×˜×Ö¸×§) is the largest city (pop. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... A powiat (pronounced povyat; plural, powiaty) is the Polish third-level unit of administration, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (NUTS-3) in some countries. ... Gmina is the principal unit (lowest level) of the territorial division in Poland, and is equivalent to a commune or municipality. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... An 1837 political cartoon about unemployment in the United States. ... Złoty. ... A powiat (pronounced povyat; plural, powiaty) is the Polish third-level unit of administration, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (NUTS-3) in some countries. ... Powiat is the Polish name for county, a second-level unit of the administrative division and local government in Poland. ... Powiat is the Polish name for county, a second-level unit of the administrative division and local government in Poland. ... Gmina is the principal unit (lowest level) of the territorial division in Poland, and is equivalent to a commune or municipality. ... A Voivodship (also voivodeship, Romanian: voievodat, Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo, Serbian: vojvodstvo or vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod (voivode). ...

It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Białystok and Łomża Voivodships and half of the former Suwałki Voivodship, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name, Podlachia and the Podlachia Voivodship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795). January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Bialystok Voivodship (Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo biaÅ‚ostockie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Podlasie Voivodship. ... Lomza Voivodship ÅomÅ¼a Voivodship (Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo ÅomÅ¼aÅ„skie) was an administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975â€“1998, superseded by the Podlasie Voivodship. ... Suwalki Voivodship (Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo suwalskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded in parts by Podlasie Voivodship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodship. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Podlasie (Latin Podlachia) is a historical region in eastern part of Poland and western Belarus. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

The Polish part of the Białowieża Forest Biosphere Reserve is located in Podlachia Voivodship. BiaÅ‚owieÅ¼a Primaeval Forest, known as Belaveskaya Pushcha (Ð‘ÐµÐ»Ð°Ð²ÐµÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð¿ÑƒÑˆÑ‡Ð°) or Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus and Puszcza BiaÅ‚owieska in Poland, is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

History

Historical Podlachia Voivodship (1513-1795)

A Podlachia Voivodship was formed in 1513 as a voivodship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With Lithuania's confederation with the Kingdom of Poland in 1569, the voivodship was transferred to the Polish Crown. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x1568, 607 KB) Summary wojewÃ³dztwo podlaskie I Rzeczypospolitej autor-Mathiasrex Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Podlasie Voivodship ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x1568, 607 KB) Summary wojewÃ³dztwo podlaskie I Rzeczypospolitej autor-Mathiasrex Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Podlasie Voivodship ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The presumable banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the coat of arms, called ÐŸÐ°Ð³Ð¾Ð½Ñ in Belarusian, Vytis in Lithuanian and PogoÅ„ in Polish Another version of the Lithuanian banner The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos DidÅ¾ioji KunigaikÅ¡tystÄ—, Belarusian: Ð’ÑÐ»Ñ–ÌÐºÐ°Ðµ ÐšÐ½ÑÌÑÑ‚Ð²Ð° Ð›Ñ–Ñ‚Ð¾ÌÑžÑÐºÐ°Ðµ (Ð’ÐšÐ›), Ukrainian: Ð’ÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐµ ÐšÐ½ÑÐ·Ñ–Ð²ÑÑ‚Ð²Ð¾ Ð›Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¾Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐµ (Ð’ÐšÐ›), Polish: Wielkie KsiÄ™stwo Litewskie) was an... The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Polish state in the years between the death of Casimir III in 1370 and the Union of Lublin in 1569. ... Crown of the Polish Kingdom, or just colloquially the Crown (Polish:Korona) is the archaic name for territories of Poland, distinguishing them from territories of Grand Duchy of Lithuania or vassal territories like Duchy of Prussia or Duchy of Courland, which had varying degrees of autonomy. ...

The seat of the voivodship was Drohiczyn. Voivods included Andrzej Chądzyński (1625-1633), Paweł Szczawinski (February 1633-1634), and Stanisław Niemira (1634-1646/1648). Drohiczyn is a town in north-eastern Poland. ... Voivod or (more common) voivoda is a Slavic term initially denoting first in command of a military unit. ...

Economy

According to the Polish National Official Business Register, REGON, there were around 95,000 companies registered in Podlachia region in 2002. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Agriculture

Arable land constitutes around 60 % of the total area of the region – most of which is ploughland (around 40%), forests, meadows and pastures. Over 120 thousand farms are registered, the majority of which – around 50% - are small farms of the size of 1–5 ha and medium-sized farms of 5–10 ha. The small ones prefer intensive production (gardening, orcharding), whereas the large ones – cattle and crop production. The cattle-raising farms are mainly oriented at milk production. Modern arable agriculture typically uses large fields like this one in Dorset, England. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square meters, commonly used for measuring land area. ...

Natural conditions of the region are conducive to the development of ecologic production, which is at present realised by around 100 farms. Over 600 farms in the region run agrotourist businesses.

Geography

Natural assets

Podlachia has the lowest population density of the sixteen Polish voivodships and an important asset is its largely unspoilt nature. Around 30% of the area of the voivodship is under legal protection. There are four national parks (Wigry, Biebrza, Bialowieża, and Narew), 3 landscape parks (Suwałki, Łomża – Narew Valley, and Knyszyn Forest), 88 nature reserves and 15 protected landscape areas. The voivodship constitutes a part of the ecologically clean area of "the Green Lungs of Poland". Wigry - a lake located in North-East Poland, in northern part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. ... Biebrza is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew river (near Wizna), with a length of 155 kilometres (28th longest) and the basin area of 7,057 sq. ... Białowieża is a village or a small town in Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship, in the middle of Biebrza Marshes and Białowieża Forest, for which it is a namesake. ... Narew (Belarusian: На́раў) is a river in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula river. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlaskie Municipal government Rada miejska w Suwałkach Mayor Józef Gajewski Area 65. ... Łomża is a town in north-eastern Poland, located approx. ... Narew (Belarusian: На́раў) is a river in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula river. ...

Major cities and towns

(populations as of 2003): 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

BiaÅ‚ystok (pronounced: , Belarusian: , Lithuanian: , Yiddish ×‘×™×Ö·×œ×™×¡×˜×Ö¸×§) is the largest city (pop. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlaskie Municipal government Rada miejska w SuwaÅ‚kach Mayor JÃ³zef Gajewski Area 65. ... ÅomÅ¼a is a town in north-eastern Poland, located approx. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlasie Municipal government UrzÄ…d Miasta AugustÃ³w Mayor Leszek Cieslik Area 80,9 kmÂ² Population - city - urban - density 30 870 - 387/kmÂ² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 53Â°51 N 22Â°58 E Area code +48 87 Car plates BAU Twin towns - Municipal Website AugustÃ³w... Bielsk Podlaski is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,600 inhabitants (2004). ... CoA of ZambrÃ³w is a town in north-eastern Poland with 22,933 inhabitants (2003). ... HajnÃ³wka (Belarusian: Ð“Ð°Ð¹Ð½Ð°ÑžÐºÐ°, HajnaÅka) is a town and a powiat seat in north-eastern Poland (Podlasie Voivodship) with 23. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlasie Municipal government Urząd Miasta Grajewa Mayor Krzysztof Waszkiewicz Area 19 km² Population - city - urban - density 21 000 - 1105/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 53°39 N 22°27 E Area code +48 86 Car plates BGR Twin towns - Municipal Website Grajewo is a town in...

Administrative divisions

Podlachia Voivodship is divided into 17 counties (powiat), three of them urban, and comprises 118 gminas (13 urban, 23 urban-rural and 82 rural). A powiat (pronounced povyat; plural, powiaty) is the Polish third-level unit of administration, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (NUTS-3) in some countries. ...

Podlachia Voivodship counties

Białystok (pronounce: [bȋa:wistɔk]) (Belarusian: Беласток, Lithuanian: Balstogė) is the largest city (pop. ... Łomża is a town in north-eastern Poland, located approx. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlaskie Municipal government Rada miejska w Suwałkach Mayor Józef Gajewski Area 65. ... AugustÃ³w County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlasie Municipal government UrzÄ…d Miasta AugustÃ³w Mayor Leszek Cieslik Area 80,9 kmÂ² Population - city - urban - density 30 870 - 387/kmÂ² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 53Â°51 N 22Â°58 E Area code +48 87 Car plates BAU Twin towns - Municipal Website AugustÃ³w... General informations Voivodship Podlasie Capital city BiaÅ‚ystok Area 2987 kmÂ² Population - density - % of population of Poland 138 700 47 people/kmÂ² 0,36 % Location Administrative division Communes Communes - Urban - Urban-Rural - Rural 3 5 7 Official webpage Powiat of BiaÅ‚ystok (Polish: powiat biaÅ‚ostocki ) is a unit of... BiaÅ‚ystok (pronounced: , Belarusian: , Lithuanian: , Yiddish ×‘×™×Ö·×œ×™×¡×˜×Ö¸×§) is the largest city (pop. ... Bielsk Podlaski County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Bielsk Podlaski is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,600 inhabitants (2004). ... Grajewo County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlasie Municipal government Urząd Miasta Grajewa Mayor Krzysztof Waszkiewicz Area 19 km² Population - city - urban - density 21 000 - 1105/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 53°39 N 22°27 E Area code +48 86 Car plates BGR Twin towns - Municipal Website Grajewo is a town in... HajnÃ³wka County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... HajnÃ³wka (Belarusian: Ð“Ð°Ð¹Ð½Ð°ÑžÐºÐ°, HajnaÅka) is a town and a powiat seat in north-eastern Poland (Podlasie Voivodship) with 23. ... Kolno County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland. ... ÅomÅ¼a County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... ÅomÅ¼a is a town in north-eastern Poland, located approx. ... MoÅ„ki County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... MoÅ„ki is a town in northeastern Poland and, as of 1999, is situated in the Podlasie Voivodship. ... Sejny County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Sejny (Lithuanian Seinai) is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship, close to the border with Lithuania and Belarus. ... Siemiatycze County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Siemiatycze is a town in north-eastern Poland. ... SokÃ³Å‚ka County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... SokÃ³Å‚ka is a town in north-eastern Poland. ... SuwaÅ‚ki County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Motto: none Voivodship Podlaskie Municipal government Rada miejska w SuwaÅ‚kach Mayor JÃ³zef Gajewski Area 65. ... Wysokie Mazowieckie County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... Wysokie Mazowieckie is a town in north-eastern Poland. ... ZambrÃ³w County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship. ... CoA of ZambrÃ³w is a town in north-eastern Poland with 22,933 inhabitants (2003). ...

Most common surnames in the region

Categories: Voivodships of Poland | Polish historical voivodships (14th century-1795) | NUTS 2 Statistical Regions of Europe Polish surnames are known from the Middle Ages, but only 200 years ago did the inherited surnames become compulsory. ... Dąbrowski (feminine: Dąbrowska, plural Dąbrowscy) is the 11th most popular surname in Poland (86,132 people) Dąbrowski surname in voivodships: Dąbrowski : 1st in Podlachia (7,177), Famous people: Jan Henryk Dabrowski Jaroslaw Dabrowski Kazimierz Dabrowski Maria Dabrowska Categories: Polish surnames ... Kozłowski (feminine: Kozłowska, plural Kozłowscy) is the 12th most popular surname in Poland (75,962 people) Kozłowski surname in voivodships: Kozłowski : 2nd in Warmia-Masuria (7,764), Kozłowski : 2nd in Podlachia (5,560), Famous people: Categories: Polish surnames ... Surname Origin: Slavic, Polish Alternate Spelling: Zelewski, Zaleski, Zeleski, Zalewska, Zalescy, Salewski Zalewski (feminine: Zalewska, plural Zalewscy) is one of the most common surnames in Poland and the third most common in Podlachia (5,165). ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... The voivodship (Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo) has been a second-level administrative unit in Poland since the 14th century. ... Greater Poland Voivodship (in Polish wojewÃ³dztwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship of western-central Poland It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznan, Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. ... The Kujavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish wojewÃ³dztwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in central-northern Poland. ... The Lesser Poland Voivodship or Little Poland Voivodship (in Polish wojewÃ³dztwo maÅ‚opolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the south of Poland that contains core areas of the historical and geographical region of Lesser Poland (Malopolska). ... Lower Silesian voivodship since 1999 Lower Silesia (Polish Dolny Śląsk, German Niederschlesien, Latin Silesia Inferior) is the north-western part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in Poland, located along the middle Oder River and organized into Lower Silesian Voivodship, (Polish: województwo dolnośląskie) with capital Wrocław It was... Lublin Voivodship. ... Lubusz Voivodship (Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo lubuskie) is an administrative region, or voivodship, of western Poland. ... ÅÃ³dÅº Voivodship. ... Coat of arms of Masovian Voivodship Flag of Masovian Voivodship Masovian voivodship since 1999 The Masovian Voivodship (in Polish wojewÃ³dztwo mazowieckie) is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish administrative regions or voivodships created in 1999. ... Opole Voivodship. ... Pomeranian Voivodship, also Pomorze Voivodship (Polish: wojewÃ³dztwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomorze. ... Silesian voivodship since 1999 Silesia or Silesian Voivodship(1) is an administrative region and local government unit in Poland, established in 1999 out of Katowice, CzÄ™tochowa and Bielsko-BiaÅ‚a voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998 (effective 1 January 1999). ... Subcarpathian voivodship since 1999 The Subcarpathian Voivodship (in Polish województwo podkarpackie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship of south-eastern Poland. ... Swietokrzyskie voivodship since 1999 Holy Cross Voivodship or Swietokrzyskie Voivodship (Polish WojewÃ³dztwo Å›wiÄ™tokrzyskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in central Poland. ... WarmiÅ„sko-Mazurskie voivodship since 1999 Coat of Arms of Warmia-Masuria Warmia i Mazury (officially, the WarmiÅ„sko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region or voivodship of north-eastern Poland. ... West Pomeranian Voivodship. ... This page includes a list of cities in Poland and a table of major Polish cities. ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... ÅÃ³dÅº (pronunciation: ), Polands third-largest city (population 776,297 in 2004), lies in the center of the country. ... Tomb of Kazimierz the Great St. ... WrocÅ‚aw, (Polish pronunciation: (?), Czech: , German: ( (helpÂ· info)), Latin: Wratislavia or Vratislavia) is the capital of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River (Odra). ... PoznaÅ„ ((?); full official name: The Capital City of PoznaÅ„, Latin: , German: , Yiddish: ×¤Ö¼×±×–×Ÿ Poyzn) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). ... GdaÅ„sk (Polish pronunciation: (?); German: ; Kashubian: GduÅ„sk; Latin: Gedania; older English Dantzig also other languages) is the sixth-largest city in Poland, and also its principal seaport and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship. ... Szczecin (pronounce: ; German: ; Kashubian/Pomeranian: SztetÃ«no; Latin: Stetinum or Scecinum, also Sedinum) is the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodship in Poland. ... Bydgoszcz (Polish pronunciation: (?), German: Bromberg, Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). ... For other uses, see Lublin (disambiguation). ... Panorama of Katowice at night Katowice (pronunciation: [] (Czech: Katovice, German: Kattowitz) is an important city of the historical region of Upper Silesia in southern Poland on the KÅ‚odnica and Rawa rivers. ... BiaÅ‚ystok (pronounced: , Belarusian: , Lithuanian: , Yiddish ×‘×™×Ö·×œ×™×¡×˜×Ö¸×§) is the largest city (pop. ... Motto: CzÄ™stochowa is a good city Voivodship Silesian Municipal government Rada miasta CzÄ™stochowy Mayor Tadeusz Wrona Area 160 kmÂ² Population - city - urban - density 248,894 (2004) none 1 597/kmÂ² Founded City rights 11th century after 1370 Latitude Longitude 50Â°48N 19Â°07E Area code +48... Gdynia (pronounce: :gdiÉ²ia; German: (until 1939 and after 1945) / Gotenhafen (1939-1945); Kashubian/Pomeranian: GdiniÃ´) is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodship of Poland and an important seaport at GdaÅ„sk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. ... GorzÃ³w Wielkopolski (abbrev. ... ToruÅ„ (Polish pronunciation: (?); German: ; Kashubian: TorÅ„, see also other names) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river. ... Radom (pronounce: [radÉ”m]) is a city in central Poland with 227 309 inhabitants. ... Kielce (pronounce: [ËˆkjÎµlÊ¦Îµ]) is a city in central Poland with 202,609 inhabitants (2006). ... RzeszÃ³w (pronounce: [Ê’ÎµÊƒuv]) is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 164 000 (2005), granted a town charter in 1354, the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously of Rzeszow Voivodship (1945-1998). ... Olsztyn (pronounce: [:É”lÊƒtin], German Allenstein) is a city in northeast Poland, on the Lyna River (German Alle). ...

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