Podlaskie Voivodeship

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This article is about the Polish administrative district. For the administrative unit of the Polish-Lithuanian noble republic from 1513 to 1795, see Podlasie Voivodeship (1513-1795).

Podlaskie Voivodeship (Polish województwo podlaskie) is one of the 16 voivodeships that divide the Republic of Poland. Created in 1999 from the voivodeships of Białystok and Łomża and part of Suwałki, the province is located in northeastern Poland, enclosed by the voivodeships of Warmia-Masuria, Mazovia and Lublin, and bordered in a quadrilateral by the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and Lithuania to the north, and further by Belarus to the east. The capital Białystok has a population of around 295,000, but otherwise Podlasie is Poland's least populated and least structured voivodeship. Members of a Belarusian and a Tatar-Muslim minority live here.

Administration breakdown

The Podlaskie Voivodeship is divided into 14 powiats (counties), with three towns remaining county-free. They themselves do not belong to the counties named after them.

County boroughs

Białystok (295,624)
Suwałki (Suwalken) (69,351)
Łomża (Lomja) (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)

(Residents as of June 30, 2015)

Geography

Largest cities

Białystok, the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship, is the only major city in northeastern Poland. In the very sparsely populated surrounding region, the seven next largest cities together do not reach the population of the provincial capital.

City	Powiat	Resident 30 June 2015
Białystok	county free	295.624
Suwałki	county free	69.351
Łomża	county free	62.746
Augustów	Augustów	30.449
Bielsk Podlaski	Bielsk Podlaski	26.137
Zambrów	Zambrów	22.186
Grajewo	Grajewo	22.163
Hajnówka	Hajnówka	21.353