Warszawa Voivodeship (Polish: województwo warszawskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship.
Capital city: Warsaw
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
Between the years 1918-1939, Warsaw Voivodeship covered north-central part of Poland, bordering East Prussia to the north, Pomorze Voivodeship and Łódź Voivodeship to the west, Kielce Voivodeship to th...
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Warszawa Voivodeship (Polish: województwo warszawskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship.
Capital city: Warsaw
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
Between the years 1918-1939, Warsaw Voivodeship covered north-central part of Poland, bordering East Prussia to the north, Pomorze Voivodeship and Łódź Voivodeship to the west, Kielce Voivodeship to the south and both Lublin Voivodeship and Białystok Voivodeship (1919-1939) to the east. Its area, after April 1, 1938 (see: [[Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938) was 31 656 km² and population (in 1931) - 2 460 900. Out of this, 88.3% was Polish, 9.7% - Jews and 1.6% - Germans. In the city of Warsaw, in 1931, only 70.7% of population was Polish, with 28.3% of Jews. In the whole Voivodeship, 21.8% of population was illiterate (as for 1931).
Warsaw Voivodeship in mid-1939 consisted of 22 powiats (counties), 53 cities and...
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