Lesser Poland Voivodeship

**Lesser Poland Voivodeship**, or **Małopolska Province**, is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland. It is , and as of 2006, has 3,267,731 residents. It was created on 1 January 1999. The capital of the province is Kraków.

The province's natural borders are Świętokrzyskie Mountains (_Góry Świętokrzyskie_) on the north, _Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska_ (a broad range of hills stretching from Kraków to Częstochowa) on the west, and the Tatra, Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains on the south. The provinces and countries it is bordered by are the Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north, Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the east, and the country of Slovakia to the south.

## Protected areas

Protected areas in Lesser Poland Voivodeship include six National Parks and 11 Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
- Babia Góra National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)
- Gorce National Park
- Magura National Park (partly in Subcarpathian Voivodeship)
- Ojców National Park
- Pieniny National Park
- Tatra National Park (part of a UNESCO biosphere reserve shared with Slovakia)
- Bielany-Tyniec Landscape Park
- Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park
- Dłubnia Landscape Park
- Eagle Nests Landscape Park (partly in Silesian Voivodeship)
- Kraków Valleys Landscape Park
- Little Beskids Landscape Park (partly in Silesian Voivodeship)
- Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park (partly in Subcarpathian Voivodeship)
- Poprad Landscape Park
- Rudno Landscape Park
- Tenczynek Landscape Park
- Wiśnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Lesser Poland Voivodeship
- **native name**: Województwo małopolskie
- **settlement type**: Voivodeships of Poland, Voivodeship
- **imagesize**: 150px
- **total type**: Total
- **image flag**: POL województwo małopolskie 1 flag.svg
- **image shield**: POL województwo małopolskie COA.svg
- **image map**: Malopolskie (EE,E NN,N).png
- **map caption**: Location within Poland
- **image map1**: POL województwo małopolskie map marked.svg
- **map caption1**: Division into counties
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Poland
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Kraków
- **parts type**: Powiat, Counties
- **parts**: 3 cities, 19 land counties *
- **p1**: Kraków
- **p2**: Nowy Sącz
- **p3**: Tarnów
- **p4**: Bochnia County
- **p5**: Brzesko County
- **p6**: Chrzanów County
- **p7**: Dąbrowa County
- **p8**: Gorlice County
- **p9**: Kraków County
- **p10**: Limanowa County
- **p11**: Miechów County
- **p12**: Myślenice County
- **p13**: Nowy Sącz County
- **p14**: Nowy Targ County
- **p15**: Olkusz County
- **p16**: Oświęcim County
- **p17**: Proszowice County
- **p18**: Sucha County
- **p19**: Tarnów County
- **p20**: Tatra County
- **p21**: Wadowice County
- **p22**: Wieliczka County
- **area total km2**: 15108
- **population as of**: 2006
- **population total**: 3267731
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population urban**: 1619235
- **population blank1 title**: Rural
- **population blank1**: 1648496
- **coor pinpoint**: Kraków
- **blank name**: Polish car number plates, Car plates
- **blank info**: K
- **footnotes**: * further divided into 182 gminas