Voivodeships of Poland

A **Voivodeship** is one of 16 different divisions of land in Poland. The word comes from the Polish "_wojewoda_" meaning a governor.
|Shortly|code|Car plates|Voivodship (in polish)|Capital|Area km²|Population (Dec. 31, 2003)|Population (Jun. 30, 2004)|||||||
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|colspan=8 align="center"|**Polish voivodships since 1999**|||||||||||||
|align="center"|DS|align="center"|02|align="center"|D|Lower Silesian (_dolnośląskie_)|Wrocław|align="right"|19 947,76|align="right"|2 898 313|align="right"|2 895 729|
|align="center"|KP|align="center"|04|align="center"|C|Kuyavian-Pomeranian (_kujawsko-pomorskie_)|Bydgoszcz**¹** Toruń**²**|align="right"|17 969,72|align="right"|2 068 142|align="right"|2 067 548|
|align="center"|LU|align="center"|06|align="center"|L|Lublin (_lubelskie_)|Lublin|align="right"|25 114,48|align="right"|2 191 172|align="right"|2 187 918|
|align="center"|LB|align="center"|08|align="center"|F|Lubusz (_lubuskie_)|Gorzów Wielkopolski**¹** Zielona Góra**²**|align="right"|13 984,44|align="right"|1 008 786|align="right"|1 009 177|
|align="center"|LD|align="center"|10|align="center"|E|Łódź (_łódzkie_)|Łódź|align="right"|18 219,11|align="right"|2 597 094|align="right"|2 592 568|
|align="center"|MA|align="center"|12|align="center"|K|Lesser Poland (_małopolskie_)|Kraków|align="right"|15 144,10|align="right"|3 252 949|align="right"|3 256 171|
|align="center"|MZ|align="center"|14|align="center"|W|Masovian (_mazowieckie_)|Warszawa|align="right"|35 597,80|align="right"|5 135 732|align="right"|5 139 545|
|align="center"|OP|align="center"|16|align="center"|O|Opole (_opolskie_)|Opole|align="right"|9 412,47|align="right"|1 055 667|align="right"|1 053 723|
|align="center"|PK|align="center"|18|align="center"|R|Subcarpathian (_podkarpackie_)|Rzeszów|align="right"|17 926,28|align="right"|2 097 248|align="right"|2 097 325|
|align="center"|PD|align="center"|20|align="center"|B|Podlaskie (_podlaskie_)|Białystok|align="right"|20 179,58|align="right"|1 205 117|align="right"|1 204 036|
|align="center"|PM|align="center"|22|align="center"|G|Pomeranian (_pomorskie_)|Gdańsk|align="right"|18 292,88|align="right"|2 188 918|align="right"|2 192 404|
|align="center"|SL|align="center"|24|align="center"|S|Silesian (_śląskie_)|Katowice|align="right"|12 294,04|align="right"|4 714 982|align="right"|4 707 825|
|align="center"|SW|align="center"|26|align="center"|T|Świętokrzyskie|Kielce|align="right"|11 672,34|align="right"|1 291 598|align="right"|1 290 176|
|align="center"|WM|align="center"|28|align="center"|N|Warmian-Masurian (_warmińsko-mazurskie_)|Olsztyn|align="right"|24 202,95|align="right"|1 428 885|align="right"|1 428 385|
|align="center"|WP|align="center"|30|align="center"|P|Greater Poland (_wielkopolskie_)|Poznań|align="right"|29 825,59|align="right"|3 359 932|align="right"|3 362 011|
|align="center"|ZP|align="center"|32|align="center"|Z|West Pomeranian (_zachodniopomorskie_)|Szczecin|align="right"|22 901,48|align="right"|1 696 073|align="right"|1 695 708|
|colspan=8|<small> (**¹**) - seat of voivod, (**²**) - seat of self-government</small>|||||||||||||