Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
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Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Polish: ) is an administrative region, or voivodeship, of central Poland. In Polish Święty Krzyż means Holy Cross.
It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Kielce and half of Tarnobrzeg voivodeships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls the region's Holy Cross Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie).
The capital is Kielce (population 213,000 in 2000). The voivodeship has 1,328,000 residents (2001). The area is 11,672 km².
Major cities and towns
(populations as of 1995)
- Kielce (213,700);
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (79,200);
- Starachowice (57,500);
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (51,400);
- Sandomierz (27,000).
- Końskie (22,300).
Administrative division
- Kielce City County, powiat Kielce (grodzki)
- Busko County, powiat buski, Busko-Zdrój
- Jędrzejów County, powiat jędrzejowski, Jędrzejów
- Kazimierza County, powiat kazimierski, Kazimierza Wielka
- Kielce County, powiat kielecki, Kielce
- Końskie County, powiat konecki, Końskie
- Opatów County, powiat opatowski, Opatów
- Ostrowiec County, powiat ostrowiecki, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
- Pińczów County, powiat pińczowski, Pińczów
- Sandomierz County, powiat sandomierski, Sandomierz
- Skarżysko County, powiat skarżyski, Skarżysko-Kamienna
- Starachowice County, powiat starachowicki, Starachowice
- Staszów County, powiat staszowski, Staszów
- Włoszczowa County, powiat włoszczowski, Włoszczowa
Most popular
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship counties
City counties: Kielce
Land counties: Busko | Jędrzejów | Kazimierza | Kielce | Końskie | Opatów | Ostrowiec | Pińczów | Sandomierz | Skarżysko | Starachowice | Staszów | Włoszczowa
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| City counties: Kielce | |
| Land counties: Busko | Jędrzejów | Kazimierza | Kielce | Końskie | Opatów | Ostrowiec | Pińczów | Sandomierz | Skarżysko | Starachowice | Staszów | Włoszczowa | |
| Voivodeships of Poland |
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| Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Łódź | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Świętokrzyskie | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania | |
| Principal cities: Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn | |
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