{"id":1959,"date":"2011-06-27T19:36:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T19:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2011-06-27T19:36:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T19:36:32","slug":"administrative-divisions-of-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/administrative-divisions-of-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrative divisions of Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into <strong>wojew\u00f3dztwa <\/strong>(provinces, voivodeships); these are further divided into <strong>powiaty<\/strong> (counties), and these in turn are divided into <strong>gminy<\/strong> (communes or municipalities). Major cities normally have the status of both gmina and powiat. Poland currently has 16 wojew\u00f3dztw, 379 powiat\u00f3w\u00a0(including 65 cities with powiat status), and 2,478 gmin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The current system (<strong>obecny system<\/strong>) was introduced pursuant to a series of acts passed by the Polish parliament in 1998, and came into effect on 1 January 1999. Previously (in the period from 1975 to 1998) there had been 49 smaller voivodeships, and no powiats. The reform created 16 larger voivodeships (largely based on and named after historical regions) and reintroduced powiats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Administrative authority at wojew\u00f3dztwo (singular)\u00a0level is shared between a government-appointed governor, called the <strong>wojewoda<\/strong> (usually a political appointee), an elected assembly called the <strong>sejmik<\/strong>, and an executive chosen by that assembly. The leader of that executive is called the <strong>marsza\u0142ek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Here are 16 wojew\u00f3dztwa and their capital cities (stolice).The way I say it in the movie is e.g. &#8220;Wojew\u00f3dztwo Pomorskie ze stolic\u0105 w Gda\u0144sku&#8221; which means\u00a0Wojew\u00f3dztwo Pomorskie with a capital in Gda\u0144sk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wojew\u00f3dztwa\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DO_YQszBSJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1. Zachodnio-Pomorskie: Szczecin<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Pomorskie: Gda\u0144sk<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Warmi\u0144sko-Mazurskie: Olsztyn<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0Podlaskie: Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Kujawsko-Pomorskie: Bydgoszcz and Toru\u0144<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0Wielkopolskie: Pozna\u0144<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0Lubuskie: Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski and Zielona G\u00f3ra<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0Dolno\u015bl\u0105skie: Wroc\u0142aw<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0Opolskie: Opole<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0\u0141\u00f3dzkie: \u0141\u00f3d\u017a<\/p>\n<p>11.\u00a0Mazowieckie: Warszawa<\/p>\n<p>12.\u00a0Lubelskie: Lublin<\/p>\n<p>13.\u00a0\u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie: Kielce<\/p>\n<p>14.\u00a0\u015al\u0105skie: Katowice<\/p>\n<p>15.\u00a0Ma\u0142opolskie: Krak\u00f3w<\/p>\n<p>16.\u00a0Podkarpackie: Rzesz\u00f3w<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do nast<\/strong><strong>\u0119pnego razu&#8230; <\/strong>(Till next time&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into wojew\u00f3dztwa (provinces, voivodeships); these are further divided into powiaty (counties), and these in turn are divided into gminy (communes or municipalities). Major cities normally have the status of both gmina and powiat. 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