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Subcarpathian Voivodeship Województwo podkarpackie
Voivodeship
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Coordinates (Rzeszów): 50°2′1″N 22°0′17″E / 50.03361°N 22.00472°E / 50.03361; 22.00472
Country	Poland
Capital	Rzeszów
Counties	4 cities, 21 land counties * Krosno Przemyśl Rzeszów Tarnobrzeg Bieszczady County Brzozów County Dębica County Jarosław County Jasło County Kolbuszowa County Krosno County Łańcut County Lesko County Leżajsk County Lubaczów County Mielec County Nisko County Przemyśl County Przeworsk County Ropczyce-Sędziszów County Rzeszów County Sanok County Stalowa Wola County Strzyżów County Tarnobrzeg County
Area
• Total	17,844 km2 (6,890 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	2,129,187
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
• Urban	850,022
• Rural	1,246,949
Car plates	R
Website	http://www.wrota.podkarpackie.pl/en
further divided into 160 gminas

Palace of Lubomirski family in Rzeszów

Podkarpackie Voivodeship or Podkarpackie Province^[1] (in Polish: województwo podkarpackie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔtkarˈpatskʲɛ], Slovak: Podkarpatské vojvodstvo, Ukrainian: Підкарпатське воєводство), also known as Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. (Historically most of this territory was part of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and Ruthenian Voivodeship and within interwar period of the Lwów Voivodeship with its center in Lwów (Lviv)).

The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Krosno and (partially) Tarnów and Tarnobrzeg Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local-government reforms adopted in 1998. The name derives from the region's location near the Carpathian Mountains, and the voivodeship comprises areas of two historic regions of Eastern Europe — Lesser Poland (western and northwestern counties) and Red Ruthenia. During the interwar period (1918-1939), Subcarpathian Voivodeship belonged to "Poland B", the less-developed, more rural parts of Poland. To boost the local economy, the government of the Second Polish Republic began in the mid-1930s a massive program of industrialization, known as the Central Industrial Region. The program created several major armament factories, including PZL Mielec, PZL Rzeszów, Huta Stalowa Wola, and factories in other Subcarpathian towns such as Dębica, Nowa Dęba, Sanok, Tarnobrzeg and Nowa Sarzyna.

It is bordered by Lesser Poland Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north-west, Lublin Voivodeship to the north, Ukraine to the east and Slovakia to the south. It covers an area of 17,844 square kilometres (6,890 sq mi), and has a population of 2,096,971 (as at 2006). The voivodeship is mostly hilly or mountainous (see Bieszczady, Beskidy); its northwestern corner is flat. It is one of the most wooded Polish voivodeships (35.9% of total area), within its borders there is whole Bieszczady National Park, and parts of Magura National Park.

Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 50 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures as of 30 June 2008)^[2]

Administrative division

Subcarpathian Voivodeship is divided into 25 counties (powiats): 4 city counties and 21 land counties. These are further divided into 160 gminas.

The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).

Protected areas

Protected areas in Subcarpathian Voivodeship include two national parks and 11 Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

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  Bieszczady National Park (part of the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve)


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  Magura National Park (partly in Lesser Poland Voivodeship)


• Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park


• Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park


• Jaśliska Landscape Park


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  Janów Forests Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)


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  Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park (partly in Lesser Poland Voivodeship)


• Pogórze Przemyskie Landscape Park


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  Puszcza Solska Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)


• San Valley Landscape Park


• Słonne Mountains Landscape Park


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  South Roztocze Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)

History

Ethnic groups

Regional costumes of the Pogorzans

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  Poles
  
  • Pogorzans


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  Ukrainians
  
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Most popular surnames in the region

1. 
   Mazur:^[3] 9,530


2. Nowak: 9,301


3. 
   Baran: 8,020

Notable residents

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  Moe Drabowsky, American major league baseball pitcher

Subcarpathia landscape pictures

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  Solina Lake
  

  
  

  
  


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  Solina seen from the distance
  

  
  

  
  


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  Wetlina River
  

  
  

  
  


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  Lynx
  

  
  

  
  


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  Church of All Saints in Blizne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  

  
  

  
  


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  Przecław
  

  
  

  
  


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  Black Hawk helicopters are produced by PZL Mielec
  

  
  

  
  


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  Autosan bus and coach manufacturer has its headquarters in Sanok
  

  
  

  
  


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  Solina dam is the largest dam in Poland
  

  
  

  
  

See also

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  Second Polish Republic's Lwów Voivodeship
  

References

• "Central Statistical Office(GUS) - TERYT(National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)". (in Polish). 01.09.2008. Retrieved 2008-10-23. Check date values in: |date= (help).mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Subcarpathian Voivodeship.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Podkarpackie.

• Subcarpathia photo gallery


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  (in Polish) Subcarpathian Voivodeship official website
  


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  (in Polish) Podkarpacki Urząd Wojewódzki Official website


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  (in English) The castles and palaces of Subcarpathian province
  

Coordinates: 49°57′24″N 22°10′22″E / 49.95667°N 22.17278°E / 49.95667; 22.17278