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Name | Pomeranian Voivodeship |
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Native name | Województwo pomorskie |
Settlement type | Voivodeship |
Map caption | Location within Poland |
Coordinates region | PL |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | |
Seat type | Capital |
Seat | Gdańsk |
Parts type | Counties |
Parts | 4 cities, 16 land counties * |
P1 | Gdańsk|p2=Gdynia|p3=Słupsk|p4=Sopot|p5=Bytów County|p6=Chojnice County|p7=Człuchów County|p8=Gdańsk County|p9=Kartuzy County|p10=Kościerzyna County|p11=Kwidzyn County|p12=Lębork County|p13=Malbork County|p14=Nowy Dwór Gdański County|p15=Puck County|p16=Słupsk County|p17=Starogard County|p18=Sztum County|p19=Tczew County|p20=Wejherowo County |
Coor pinpoint | Gdańsk|latd=54|latm=22|latNS=N|longd=18|longm=38|longEW=E |
Area total km2 | 18293|total_type=Total |
Population total | 2201069|population_as_of = 2006 |
Population density km2 | auto |
Population urban | 1478802 |
Population blank1 title | Rural |
Population blank1 | 722267 |
Blank name | Car plates |
Blank info | G |
Website | http://www.woj-pomorskie.pl |
Footnotes | * further divided into 123 gminas |
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province (in Polish województwo pomorskie ), is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia (the easternmost part of historical Pomerania), as well as an area east of the Vistula River. The western part of the province, around Słupsk, belonged historically to Farther Pomerania, while Pomerelia and the eastern bank of the Vistula belonged to the historical region of Prussia. The central parts of the province are also known as Kashubia, named after the Kashubian minority. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It is bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to the south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia, on the Vistula Spit.
Gdańsk, the regional capital, forms part of the Tricity of Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia. The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations include Sopot, Jurata, Łeba, Władysławowo, Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Rozewie, Kuźnica, and many fishing ports and lighthouses.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
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