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The Suwałki Gap, also known as the Suwałki corridor [a] [b] ([suˈvawkʲi] ⓘ), is a sparsely populated area around the border between Lithuania and Poland, and centres on the shortest path between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast on the Polish side of the border.
In the Suwałki County the settlement of Mejszeszki, located north-west of the town of Wiżajny, was incorporated into Poland. To the north-east of Wiżajny, near the village of Laskowskie, the Lithuanian settlement of Auksztokalnia reached Poland. The border ran the same as in 1939. The area of the commune was inhabited by Lithuanian people.
After World War II, Poland regained control over the territory. The area was administratively part of the Białystok Voivodeship until 1975, then the Suwałki Voivodeship until 1998, and since 1999 it is located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The area is still inhabited by the Lithuanian minority.
The Executive Organization Act of 1971 combined the state highway commission and the DMV to form the NC Department of Transportation and Highway Safety. In 1979 "Highway Safety" was dropped when the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) was transferred to the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. [2]
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Area and population data in 1939 for Nazi German Gaue that included annexed territories of Poland 1; Gau/Reichsgau East Prussia Reichsgau Danzig / West Prussia Reichsgau Wartheland Province of Silesia Total of the four provinces Only annexed parts of these provinces Area (km 2) 52,099 km 2: 25,705 km 2: 40,309 km 2: 46,908 km 2: 165,021 km 2: ...