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Poland currently has 16 voivodeships, 380 powiats (including 66 cities with powiat status), and 2,478 gminas. [ 1 ] The current system was introduced pursuant to a series of acts passed by the Polish parliament in 1998, and came into effect on 1 January 1999.
Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship (9 C, 119 P) K. Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (6 C, 57 P) L.
The Oder and its major tributary, the Warta, and a few smaller rivers as Kłodnica, Mała Panew, Bóbr, Lusatian Neisse (Nysa Łużycka) and Ina, form a basin that drains the western third of Poland into the Bay of Szczecin. The drainage effect on a large part of Polish terrain is weak, however, especially in the lake region and the inland ...
Topographic map of Poland. Poland covers an administrative area of 312,722 km 2 (120,743 sq mi), and is the ninth-largest country in Europe. Approximately 311,895 km 2 (120,423 sq mi) of the country's territory consists of land, 2,041 km 2 (788 sq mi) is internal waters and 8,783 km 2 (3,391 sq mi) is territorial sea. [177]
In the meanwhile, Poland abolished counties completely and introduced a new, two-tier administrative division, with 49 smaller voivodeships and gminas. [7] Ostensibly the reforms of 1973 and 1975 were made in order to guide Poland through an accelerated period of growth, however, the real intent seemed to be the fear of what the government in ...
915 names of cities and towns (miasto); see list of cities and towns in Poland for their subtypes, 6,710 names of parts of cities or towns (część miasta) , usually quarters ( dzielnica ) or neighbourhoods ( osiedle ), sometimes also settlements ( osada miejska ) or colonies ( kolonia miejska ); other locally defined types are also allowed in ...
Topographic map of Poland. Geography of Poland. Poland is: a sovereign state. Member state of the European Union; Member state of NATO; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia Europe Central Europe; Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02) Extreme points of Poland. High: Rysy 2,499 m ...
Category: Geography of Poland by city. 11 languages. ... Squares in Poland by city (7 C) Streets in Poland by city (6 C) B. Geography of Białystok (3 C, 5 P) G.