Świętokrzyskie Mountains
Kielce ( , ) is a city in south-central Poland with 194,852 inhabitants. It has been the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Province) since 1999 and used to be the capital of its predecessor, Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939, 1945–1998). The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnica River, in the northern part of the historical Polish province of Lesser Poland.