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The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships (provinces); these are further divided into powiats (counties or districts), and these in turn are divided into gminas (communes or municipalities).
The first subdivisions of the Republic involved the territories that were acquired in the west after World War II. They were subsequently reformed in 1946, 1950, 1957 and 1975. The 1975 division survived the fall of communism in 1990. The current administrative subdivisions were finalised in 1999. While they closely resemble the 1945–75 ...
All municipalities in Poland are governed regardless of their type under the mandatory mayor–council government system. Executive power in a rural gmina is exercised by a wójt, while the homologue in municipalities containing cities or towns is called accordingly either a city mayor (prezydent miasta) or a town mayor (burmistrz), all of them elected by a two-round direct election, while the ...
A voivodeship (/ ˈ v ɔɪ v oʊ d ʃ ɪ p / VOY-vohd-ship; Polish: województwo [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ] ⓘ; plural: województwa [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfa]) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.
Lists of subdivisions of Poland (3 P) C. ... Pages in category "Administrative divisions of Poland" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Poland's administrative divisions, as of 1 January 2020, with voivodeship, county, gmina and towns in urban-rural gminas shown. Poland has a three-tier administrative division since 1999. On the first level, Poland is divided into 16 voivodeships (Polish: województwa, singular – województwo).
In the years 1919–1921 additional voivodeships were created, as borders of Poland were still fluid, with events such as the Silesian Uprisings in the West and the Polish-Soviet War in the East. Eventually by 1921 Poland would have 15 voivodeships, the Warsaw capital city-voivodeship and the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (the system known as ...
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 ...