Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, or Małopolska Province,Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski  [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006. 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

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Category:1999 establishments in Poland