page_title: Pomeranian Voivodeship
section_title: Administrative division
hierarchical_section_title: Pomeranian Voivodeship / Administrative division
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Tczew, Widok Starego Miasta ze starego mostu (zabytek nr 112) English: Tczew, View of Old Town from Old Bridge Deutsch: Tczew (Dirschau), Altstadt gesehen von der Weichselbrücke
context_page_description: Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
  The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1997. It is bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to the south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia, on the Vistula Spit. The voivodeship comprises most of Pomerelia, as well as an area east of the Vistula River. The western part of the province, around Słupsk, belonged historically to Farther Pomerania, while Pomerelia and the eastern bank of the Vistula belonged to the historical region of Prussia. The central parts of the province are also known as Kashubia, named after the Kashubian minority.
  The province is one of rich cultural heritage. The Tricity urban area, consisting of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot, is one of the main cultural, commercial and educational centres of Poland.
context_section_description: Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 20 counties (powiats): 4 city counties, and 16 land counties. These are further divided into 123 gminas (communes).
  The counties are listed below in order of decreasing population.
caption: Tczew, the largest city in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie
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