Voivodeships of Poland

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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)

Polish voivodships since 1999
DS	02	D	Lower Silesian (dolnośląskie)	Wrocław	19 947,76	2 898 313	2 895 729
KP	04	C	Kuyavian-Pomeranian (kujawsko-pomorskie)	Bydgoszcz¹ Toruń²	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 Wielkopolski¹ Zielona 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

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