Podlaskie Voivodeship

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Voivodeship 0 Podlaskie

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Basic data
Capital :	Białystok
Voivode :	Maciej Żywno
Voivodeship Marshal :	Jarosław Dworzański
Biggest town:	Białystok
ISO 3166-2 :	PL-20
License Plate	B.
Residents :	1,190,253 (June 30, 2015)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
geography
Area :	20,180 km²
- of which country:	? km²
- of which water:	? km²
Expansion:	North-South: up to 229 km West-East: 48–147 km
The highest point:	298 m
Deepest point:	? m
Landscape structure
Forests:	? %
Waters:	? %
Agriculture:	? %
Other:	? %
Administrative division
Independent cities :	3
Counties :	14th
- Municipalities :	118

The Podlaskie Voivodeship ( Polish województwo podlaskie ) is one of the 16 voivodships that make up the Republic of Poland . The 1999 from the provinces Białystok and Łomża and a part of Suwalki emerged Province is located in northeast Poland, is from the provinces Warmia and Mazury , Mazovia and Lublin enclosed and confined in a corner region of the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad and Lithuania in the north and more to Belarus in the east. The capital Białystok has around 295,000 inhabitants, otherwise Podlaskie is the least populated and structured voivodeship in Poland. Members of a Belarusian and a Tatar - Muslim minority live here.

Administrative division

The Podlaskie Voivodeship is divided into 14 powiats (districts) , with three cities remaining independent. They themselves do not belong to the districts named after them.

One district cities

Białystok (295,624)
Suwałki (Suwalken) (69,351)
Łomża (Lomscha) (62,746)

Counties

Augustów (59,252)
Białystok (145,486)
Bielsk Podlaski (56,879)
Grajewo (48,468)
Hajnówka (44,725)
Kolno (39,236)
Łomża (51,521)
Mońki (41,672)
Sejny (20,718)
Siemiatycze (46,263)
Sokółka (69,733)
Suwałki (35,907)
Wysokie Mazowieckie (58,335)
Zambrów (44,337)

(Resident on June 30, 2015)

geography

Biggest cities

Branicki Palace in the capital of Podlasie, Białystok

Białystok, the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship, is the only major city in north-eastern Poland. In the very sparsely populated surrounding region, the seven next largest cities together do not have the same population as the provincial capital.

city	Powiat	Residents June 30, 2015
Białystok	circular	295,624
Suwałki	circular	69,351
Łomża	circular	62,746
Augustów	Augustów	30,449
Bielsk Podlaski	Bielsk Podlaski	26,137
Zambrów	Zambrów	22,186
Grajewo	Grajewo	22,163
Hajnówka	Hajnówka	21,353

Rivers

Biebrza
Supraśl
Western Bug (border river)
Narew

Woods

The Polish part of the Białowieża Primeval Forest ( World Heritage Site ) and the associated national park are located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship .

economy

Compared with the GDP of the EU expressed in purchasing power standards , the province reached an index of 38.4 (EU-27 = 100) in 2006, was among the 20 regions with the lowest GDP (from 271). In 2015 the index value had risen to 49% of the EU average. The unemployment rate in December 2009 was 12.6 percent, which corresponds to 61,200 people.

With a value of 0.833, Podlaskie ranks 10th among the 16 Voivodeships of Poland in the Human Development Index .