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. 
 Image:Poland administrative division 1999 literki.png Polish voivodships since 1999 Shortly code Car  plates Voivodship (in polish) Capital Areakm² Population (Dec. 31, 2003) Population (Jun. 30, 2004) DS 02 D Lower Silesian (dolnośląskie) Wrocław 19 947,76 2 898 313 2 895 729 KP 04 C Kuyavian-Pomeranian (kujawsko-pomorskie) Bydgoszcz¹Toruń² 17 969,72 2 068 142 2 067 548 LU 06 L Lublin (lubelskie) Lublin 25 114,48 2 191 172 2 187 918 LB 08 F Lubusz (lubuskie) Gorzów Wielkopolski¹Zielona Góra² 13 984,44 1 008 786 1 009 177 LD 10 E Łódź (łódzkie) Łódź 18 219,11 2 597 094 2 592 568 MA 12 K Lesser Poland (małopolskie) Kraków 15 144,10 3 252 949 3 256 171 MZ 14 W Masovian (mazowieckie) Warszawa 35 597,80 5 135 732 5 139 545 OP 16 O Opole (opolskie) Opole 9 412,47 1 055 667 1 053 723 PK 18 R Subcarpathian (podkarpackie) Rzeszów 17 926,28 2 097 248 2 097 325 PD 20 B Podlaskie (podlaskie) Białystok 20 179,58 1 205 117 1 204 036 PM 22 G Pomeranian (pomorskie) Gdańsk 18 292,88 2 188 918 2 192 404 SL 24 S Silesian (śląskie) Katowice 12 294,04 4 714 982 4 707 825 SW 26 T Świętokrzyskie Kielce 11 672,34 1 291 598 1 290 176 WM 28 N Warmian-Masurian (warmińsko-mazurskie) Olsztyn 24 202,95 1 428 885 1 428 385 WP 30 P Greater Poland (wielkopolskie) Poznań 29 825,59 3 359 932 3 362 011 ZP 32 Z West Pomeranian (zachodniopomorskie) Szczecin 22 901,48 1 696 073 1 695 708  (¹) - seat of voivod, (²) - seat of self-government