Podlasie Voivodship: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Podlasie Voivodship (in Polish województwo podlaskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship of north-eastern Poland.

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Bialystok, Lomza and half of Suwalki voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Podlasie (Podlasie).

The Polish part of the Bialowieza Forest Biosphere Reserve is in Podlasie Voivodship.

Major cities and towns

(population in 2003):

• Bialystok (287,400);
• Suwalki (70,000);
• Lomza (65,600);
• Augustow (30,600);
• Bielsk Podlaski (28,400);
• Zambrow (24,300);
• Hajnowka (23,900);
• Grajewo (23,100).

Administrative division

• Bialystok City County - Białystok (powiat grodzki)
• Lomza City County - Łomża (powiat grodzki)
• Suwalki City County - Suwałki (powiat grodzki)

• Augustow County, powiat augustowski, Augustow
• Bialystok County, powiat białostocki, Bialystok
• Bielsk Podlaski County, powiat bielski, Bielsk Podlaski
• Grajewo County, powiat grajewski, Grajewo
• Hajnowka County, powiat hajnowski, Hajnowka
• Kolno County, powiat kolneński, Kolno
• Lomza County, powiat łomżyński, Lomza
• Monki County, powiat moniecki, Monki
• Sejny County, powiat sejneński, Sejny
• Siemiatycze County, powiat siemiatycki, Siemiatycze
• Sokolka County, powiat sokólski, Sokolka
• Suwalki County, powiat suwalski, Suwalki
• Wysokie Mazowieckie County, powiat wysokomazowiecki, Wysokie Mazowieckie
• Zambrow County, powiat zambrowski, Zambrow

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