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Swietokrzyskie voivodship since 1999

Holy Cross Voivodship or Swietokrzyskie Voivodship (Polish Województwo świętokrzyskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in central Poland.


It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Kielce and half of Tarnobrzeg voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's Holy Cross Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie)


The capital is Kielce (213 000 citizens in 2000), the voivodship has 1 328 000 citizens (2001). The area is 11 672 km˛



Capital city: Kielce

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

Administrative division

  • Busko-Zdroj County, powiat buski, Busko-Zdroj
  • Jedrzejow County, powiat jędrzejowski, Jedrzejow
  • Kazimierz County, powiat kazimierski, Kazimierz Dolny
  • Kielce County, powiat kielecki, Kielce
  • Konskie County, powiat konecki, Konskie
  • Opatow County, powiat opatowski, Opatow
  • Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski County, powiat ostrowiecki, Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski
  • Pinczow County, powiat pińczowski, Pinczow
  • Sandomierz County, powiat sandomierski, Sandomierz
  • Skarzysko-Kamienna County, powiat skarżyski, Skarzysko-Kamienna
  • Starachowice County, powiat starachowicki, Starachowice
  • Staszow County, powiat staszowski, Staszow
  • Wloszczowa County, powiat włoszczowski, Wloszczowa

Most popular surnames in the region



 
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Principal cities
Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn

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