Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Province
Subcarpathian

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Coat of arms and logo

Basic data

Capital :

Rzeszów

Voivode :

Ewa Leniart

Voivodeship Marshal :

Wladyslaw Ortyl

Biggest town:

Rzeszów

ISO 3166-2 :

PL-18

Residents :

2,129,138 (Dec. 31, 2017)

Population density :

118 inhabitants per km²

License plate :

R.

geography

Area :

17,844 km²

- of which country:

? km²

- of which water:

? km²

Expansion:

North-South: up to 180 km
West-East: up to 169 km

The highest point:

1346 m

Deepest point:

138 m

Landscape structure

Forests:

36.9%

Waters:

? %

Agriculture:

42.6%

Other:

? %

Administrative division

Independent cities :

4th

Counties :

21st

- Municipalities :

159

- Cities :

45

The Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Polish województwo podkarpackie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔtkarˈpatskʲɛ] ) is one of 16 voivodeships of the Republic of Poland . It is located in the south-east of the country on the San River and borders Ukraine in the east and Slovakia in the south . The only big city is the capital Rzeszów .

In the south lie the outer Eastern Carpathians , which are part of the eponymous Subcarpathian Mountains .

coat of arms

Description : Split in red and blue with a silver paw cross on the split; in front a gold- armored and crowned silver griffin turned to the left and behind a red-tongued and thus armored golden lion with a crown .

Administrative division

The voivodeship is divided into 21 powiats ( counties ), with four cities being independent . They do not belong to the districts named after them.

One district cities

Rzeszów (189,662)
Przemyśl (61,808)
Tarnobrzeg (47,387)
Krosno (46,600)

Administrative division in Powiaty

Counties

Bieszczady (21,891)
Brzozów (65,938)
Dębica (135,479)
Jaroslaw (120,980)
Jasło (114,156)
Kolbuszowa (62,401)
Krosno (112,481)
Lesko (26,606)
Leżajsk (69,641)
Lubaczów (56,086)
Łańcut (80,741)
Mielec (136,666)
Nisko (66,917)
Przemyśl (74,440)
Przeworsk (78,644)
Ropczyce-Sędziszów (74.198)
Rzeszów (169,165)
Sanok (95,035)
Stalowa Wola (107,138)
Strzyżów (61,690)
Tarnobrzeg (53,388)

(Residents on December 31, 2017)

geography

Biggest cities

Elevation layers

city	German name	Resident December 31, 2017
Rzeszów	( Eng . in the Middle Ages :) Resche	189,662
Stalowa Wola		61.903
Przemyśl	Premissel, 1880 Przemyšl	61,808
Mielec		60,628
Tarnobrzeg		47,387
Krosno	Krossen, 1880 Krosno	46,600
Dębica	Dembitza, 1880 Dembica	46,063
Sanok	Saanig, 1880 Sanok	37,980
Jaroslaw	Jaroslau	37,892
Jasło	Jassel	35,445

Ethnography of the Subcarpathian Region

Rivers

economy

The Subcarpathian Voivodeship is one of the poorest regions in the EU . In comparison with the EU GDP in terms of purchasing power standards , the voivodeship achieved an index of 35.8 in 2006 (EU-27 = 100). In 2015, the voivodeship improved to an index of 48 (EU-28 = 100). The unemployment rate in 2005 was 16.7%. By December 2009 it had dropped to 15.5 percent, which corresponds to 141,900 people. The unemployment rate in June 2010 was 14.7%.

With a value of 0.830, the Subcarpathian region ranks 13th among the 16 Voivodeships of Poland in the Human Development Index .