Podlaskie Voivodeship ( Polish: Województwo podlaskie ) is a Voivodeship located in northeastern Poland . The administrative center of the province is Białystok .
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| Podlaskie Voivodeship | |||||
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| polish Województwo podlaskie | |||||
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| A country | Poland | ||||
| Includes | 17 counties 118 gmin | ||||
| Adm. center | Bialystok | ||||
| Governor | Jozef Bohdan Pashkovsky | ||||
| Marshalek | Jerzy Leszczynski | ||||
| Seymic Chair | Yaroslav Dvozhansky | ||||
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| Area | 20 187.02 [1] km² (6th place ) | ||||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | ▼ 1 188 800 [1] people ( 2016 ) | ||||
| Density | 58.88 people / km² | ||||
| Official language | Polish , a number of communes Belarusian and Lithuanian [2] | ||||
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| ISO 3166-2 Code | PL-PD | ||||
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Content
- 1 Name
- 2 Climate
- 3 Demographics
- 3.1 population dynamics
- 3.2 Ethnic composition
- 3.3 Religious composition
- 3.4 Cities
- 4 Administrative divisions
- 5 See also
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Title
The name of the province comes from the name of the historical region of Podlasie , where it is located. This name originated in the period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . In 1944-1975 it was called the Bialystok Voivodeship , in its capital, the city of Bialystok.
Modern Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed on January 1, 1999 as a result of the administrative reform of 1998 and included the territories of the Bialystok and Lomza Voivodeships and the eastern part of the Suwalkian Voivodeship .
Climate
As of 2016, the area of the voivodship is 20187.02 km², which is 6.5% of the total area of Poland.
Voivodeship is the coldest region in Poland, bordered by Belarus and Lithuania . The area is located in the continental climate zone , characterized by high summer temperatures and cold winters.
Demographics
Population Dynamics
The population as of June 30, 2016 was 1,188,800 people [1] .
| Year | Population | Birth | per 1000 people | Deaths | per 1000 people | Natural growth | per 1000 people |
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| 2000 | 1 210 688 | 12 080 | 9.94 | 11 802 | 9.71 | 278 | 0.23 |
| 2005 | 1 199 689 | 11 009 | 9.14 | 11 854 | 9.84 | −845 | −0.70 |
| 2006 | 1 196 101 | 11 045 | 9.2 | 11,879 | 9.89 | −834 | −0.69 |
| 2007 | 1 192 660 | 11 196 | 9.35 | 11 742 | 9.84 | −546 | −0.46 |
| 2008 | 1,191,470 | 11 945 | 9.99 | 11 641 | 9.74 | 304 | 0.25 |
| 2009 | 1,189,731 | 12 202 | 10.22 | 12 165 | 10.19 | 37 | 0,03 |
| 2010 | 1 203 448 | 11 928 | 9.9 | 11,814 | 9.81 | 114 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 1 200 982 | 11 155 | 9.28 | 11 647 | 9.69 | −492 | −0.41 |
| 2012 | 1 198 690 | 11 161 | 9.3 | 11 856 | 9.88 | −695 | −0.58 |
| 2013 | 1 194 965 | 10 619 | 8.88 | 12 152 | 10.16 | −1533 | −1.28 |
Ethnic composition
According to the 2011 census, the following ethnic groups were in the voivodship [3] :
| Nationality | Number | Share |
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| Poles | 1144373 | 95.18% |
| Belarusians | 39105 | 3.25% |
| Lithuanians | 4904 | 0.41% |
| Ukrainians | 2686 | 0.22% |
| Russians | 831 | 0.07% |
| The Americans | 590 | 0.05% |
| Tatars | 541 | 0.04% |
| Gypsies | 527 | 0.04% |
| Germans | 438 | 0.04% |
| Rusyns | 219 | 0.02% |
| The British | 172 | 0.01% |
| Silesians | 86 | 0.01% |
| Lemki | fifty | 0.00% |
| Kashuba | 33 | 0.00% |
| other nationalities | 1979 | 0.16% |
| nationality is not established either without nationality | 23181 | 1.93% |
| Total | 1202365 | 100.00% |
Podlaskie Voivodeship is a region of historically developed compact settlement of Belarusians (39 105 people or 83.6% of all Belarusians in Poland), Lithuanians (4904 people, 66% of all Lithuanians in Poland) and Tatars (541 people or 28% of Poland's Tatars) [3] .
Religious composition
Catholics in the Podlaskie Voivodeship 81.26% of the total population. Podlaskie Voivodeship is also a region of historically formed compact resettlement of Orthodox Christians, their number is 120 thousand people (10% of the population of the Voivodeship), which makes 76.6% of the total number of Orthodox Christians in Poland [3] .
Cities
| Cities with a population of over 5 thousand as of January 1, 2016 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Administrative Division
The structure of the voivodship includes 3 cities on the rights of the district and 14 district .
| No. | Coat of arms | County | Adm. center | Area [km²] | Population (2015) |
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| one | August | August | 1658.27 | 59,252 | |
| 2 | Bialystok | Bialystok | 2984.64 | 145,486 | |
| 3 | Belsky | Bielsk Podlaski | 1385.2 | 56 879 | |
| four | Vysokomazovetsky | Vysoke Mazowieckie | 1288.49 | 58 335 | |
| 5 | Graevsky | Grajewo | 967.24 | 48,468 | |
| 6 | Zambrowski | Zambrow | 733.11 | 44,337 | |
| 7 | Kolnensky | Kolno | 939.73 | 39,236 | |
| 8 | Lomzhinsky | Lomza | 1353.93 | 51 521 | |
| 9 | Monksky | Monki | 1382.39 | 41,672 | |
| 10 | Seinensky | Seyns | 856.07 | 20,718 | |
| eleven | Siemiatychensky | Siemiatycze | 1459.58 | 46,263 | |
| 12 | Sokulsky | Sokulka | 2054.42 | 69 773 | |
| 13 | Suwalki | Suwalki | 1307.31 | 35 907 | |
| fourteen | Hajnowski | Haynowka | 1623.65 | 44,725 |
See also
- Podlaskie Voivodeship