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Encyclopedia > Sucha Beskidzka county
Powiat of Sucha Beskidzka coat of arms
Powiat of Sucha Beskidzka in

Sucha Beskidzka county (Polish: powiat suski) is a county (powiat) in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (southern Poland).


Capital: Sucha Beskidzka, 9737 inhabitants (2002)
Area: 685.75 sq. km
Population: 81,402 inhabitans (2002)


Beside the capital other towns are Makow Podhalanski and Jordanow.

Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Administrative division
4 External links

History

Sucha Beskidzka county existed between 1956 and 1975, then dissolved and shared between two voivodships: Bielsko-Biala Voivodship and Nowy Sacz Voivodship. Created again in 1999.


Geography

The county is located in the mountainous are of the Beskidy Mountains. Its highest point Babia Gora (1725 m) is since 1954 a national park and Biosphere Reserve.


This area is becoming more and more popular touristic area with the ski centre in Zawoja.


Administrative division

Powiat of Sucha Beskidzka division
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Powiat of Sucha Beskidzka division
  • two towns (urban communes)
  • one urban-rural commune
    • Makow Podhalanski commune (5)
  • six rural communes
    • Budzow commune (1)
    • Bystra-Sidzina commune (2)
    • Jordanow commune (4)
    • Stryszawa commune (6)
    • Zawoja commune (8)
    • Zembrzyce commune (9)

External links

  • Sucha Beskidzka county official site (in English) (http://www.powiatsuski.pl/engl.htm)

  Results from FactBites:
 
BIGpedia - Sucha Beskidzka - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (244 words)
Sucha Beskidzka (before 1961 called only Sucha) is a county town in the southern Poland (see: Sucha Beskidzka county), in the Lesser Poland Voivodship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodship (1975-1998).
It developed strongly in the end of 19th century thanks to railway junction: Krakow - Sucha Beskidzka - Zakopane and Zywiec - Sucha Beskidzka.
Since the beginning of the 20th century it is the centre of the mountainous tourism in this part of the Beskidy Mountains (part of the Carpathians).
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