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The Subcarpathian Voivodship (in Polish województwo podkarpackie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship of south-eastern Poland.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Rzeszow, Przemysl, Krosno and parts of Tarnow and Tarnobrzeg voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998.
The voivodship's name recalls the region's geographical location by the Carpathian Mountains.
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 Greater Poland Voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Greater Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo 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 Goverment Reorganization Act of 1998.
It is second in area and third in population among the country's sixteen voivodships, with 29,826 km² and 3.4 million inhabitants.
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 Lubusz Voivodship
The Lubusz Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubuskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the western part of Poland.
It borders with the West Pomeranian (Zachodniopomorskie), Greater Poland (Wielkopolskie) and Lower Silesian (Dolnoslaskie) voivodships.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Zielona Gora and Gorzow Wielkopolski voivodships as a result of Local Goverment Reogranization Act of 1998.
ukpedia.com /l/lubusz-voivodship.html   (225 words)

  
 Debica - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since 1999 it has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship; it was previously in the Tarnow Voivodship (1975—1998).
For many years Dębica was a small and unimportant town, located in the county of Pilzno, Sandomierz Voivodship.
Lacking fortifications that would defend it, Dębica was vulnerable to various invasions of the Tartars, Swedes, or Hungarians, who burnt or ransacked the town every few years.
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 Voivodships of Poland -[ruv.net : Information Portal]-
A voivodship (in Polish Województwo) is the term for each of the 16 administrative regions (provinces) of Poland.
Today's provinces are largely based on the country's historical regions, whereas those of 1975-1998 were centred on and named for individual cities.
The new units range in area from under 10,000 km² (Opole Voivodship) to over 35,000 km² (Masovian Voivodship), and in population from one million (Lubusz Voivodship) to over five million (Masovian Voivodship).
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The Lesser Poland Voivodship or Little Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo małopolskie) 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).
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Kraków, Tarnów, Nowy Sacz and parly Bielsko-Biala and Katowice voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998.
There are almost 210,000 registered economic entities operating in the voivodship, mostly small and medium-sized, of which 234 belong to the state-owned sector.
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 Poland
The current constitution dates from 1997, and stipulates that with the exception of two guaranteed seats for small ethnic parties, only political parties receiving at least 5% of the total vote can enter parliament.
Poland is divided into 16 administrative regions known as voivodships (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo):
The Polish landscape consists almost entirely of the lowlands of the North European Plain[?] at an average height of 173 m, though the Carpathian Mountains (including the Tatra mountains) and the Sudeten with its part Karkonosze form the southern border, where one also finds Poland's highest point, the Rysy[?], at 2,499 m.
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 Read about Rzeszów at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Rzeszów and learn about Rzeszów here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rzeszow is located on both sides of the Wislok river.
Development of Rzeszów started when in year 1937 military industry was located in the city: Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze, producing plane engines, and factory of cannons by Hipolit Cegielski.
In 1944 Rzeszów became capital of voivodship and most important city in south-eastern Poland.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Rzeszow   (360 words)

  
 Lower Silesian Voivodship
The Lower Silesian Voivodship (in Polish województwo dolnośląskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in south-western Poland.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wroclaw, Legnica, Walbrzych and Jelenia Gora voivodships as a result of Local Goverment Reogranization Act of 1998.
The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk).
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 Rzeszów Details, Meaning Rzeszów Article and Explanation Guide
Rzeszów (pronounce: ]) is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 159,649 (2003), granted a town charter in 1354, the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously of Rzeszow Voivodship (1945-1998).
It is located in the heartland of the Sandomierska valley.
Rzeszow is also the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodship, and site of the Rzeszow County.
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