Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship; Województwo podkarpackie
	— Voivodeship —
	Palace of Lubomirski family in Rzeszów
; 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
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 (6,889.6 sq mi)
	Population (2006)
- Total	2,096,971
- Density	117.5/km2 (304.4/sq mi)
- Urban	850,022
- Rural	1,246,949
Car plates	R
Website	http://www.wrota.podkarpackie.pl/pl/um
	* further divided into 160 gminas

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Subcarpathian Voivodeship (also known as Podkarpacie Province, or by its Polish name of województwo podkarpackie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔtkarˈpat͡sk^jɛ] or simply Podkarpackie) is a voivodeship, or province, situated in the far south-east of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów (historically Lwów was the administrative centre of this part of Poland, but after 1945, when Lwów became part of the Soviet Union, its role was taken over by Rzeszów).

The voivodeship was created on January 1, 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 close to the Carpathian Mountains, and the voivodeship is made of two historic regions of Eastern Europe - Lesser Poland (western and northwestern counties), and Red Ruthenia (eastern counties, together with the city of Rzeszow itself). In the interbellum period, Subcarpathian Voivodeship belonged to the so-called Poland B, less-developed and rural part of the country. To boost local economy, the government of the Second Polish Republic began in the mid-1930s a massive program of industrialization, known as Central Industrial Region. The program resulted in construction of several major armament factories, such as PZL Mielec, PZL Rzeszow, Huta Stalowa Wola, also factories in other Subcarpathian towns, such as Debica, Nowa Deba, 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. Furthermore, creation of Turnicki National Park is planned.

[edit] Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 49 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures as of 30 June 2008)^[1]

Rzeszów (171,330)
Przemyśl (66,756)
Stalowa Wola (64,753)
Mielec (60,979)
Tarnobrzeg (49,753)
Krosno (47,455)
Dębica (46,693)
Jarosław (40,167)
Sanok (39,110)
Jasło (37,277)
Łańcut (18,004)
Przeworsk (15,675)
Nisko (15,534)
Ropczyce (15,098)
Leżajsk (14,127)
Lubaczów (12,405)

Nowa Dęba (11,310)
Ustrzyki Dolne (9,383)
Kolbuszowa (9,190)
Strzyżów (8,709)
Brzozów (7,677)
Sędziszów Małopolski (7,078)
Rudnik nad Sanem (6,765)
Nowa Sarzyna (6,178)
Dynów (6,058)
Lesko (5,755)
Boguchwała (5,712)
Jedlicze (5,645)
Radymno (5,543)
Głogów Małopolski (5,325)
Zagórz (4,988)
Pilzno (4,484)

Sokołów Małopolski (3,962)
Rymanów (3,585)
Tyczyn (3,353)
Kańczuga (3,187)
Oleszyce (3,089)
Radomyśl Wielki (2,962)
Brzostek (2,597)
Dukla (2,127)
Narol (2,109)
Sieniawa (2,127)
Błażowa (2,121)
Cieszanów (1,916)
Iwonicz-Zdrój (1,831)
Przecław (1,534)
Kołaczyce (c. 1,500)
Ulanów (1,491)
Baranów Sandomierski (1,440)

[edit] 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).

English and Polish names	Area		Population (2006)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
English and Polish names	km²	sq mi	Population (2006)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
City counties
Rzeszów	77	30	163,155			1
Przemyśl	44	17	66,715			1
Tarnobrzeg	86	33	50,033			1
Krosno	43	17	47,693			1
Land counties
Rzeszów County powiat rzeszowski	1,219	471	169,586	Rzeszów *	Dynów, Boguchwała, Głogów Małopolski, Sokołów Małopolski, Tyczyn, Błażowa	14
Mielec County powiat mielecki	880	340	133,148	Mielec	Radomyśl Wielki, Przecław	10
Dębica County powiat dębicki	776	300	132,473	Dębica	Pilzno, Brzostek	7
Jarosław County powiat jarosławski	1,029	397	122,368	Jarosław	Radymno	11
Jasło County powiat jasielski	830	320	115,128	Jasło	Kołaczyce	10
Krosno County powiat krośnieński	924	357	109,715	Krosno *	Jedlicze, Rymanów, Dukla, Iwonicz-Zdrój	10
Stalowa Wola County powiat stalowowolski	833	322	109,170	Stalowa Wola		6
Sanok County powiat sanocki	1,225	473	94,740	Sanok	Zagórz	8
Przeworsk County powiat przeworski	698	269	78,691	Przeworsk	Kańczuga, Sieniawa	9
Łańcut County powiat łańcucki	452	175	77,710	Łańcut		7
Ropczyce-Sędziszów County powiat ropczycko-sędziszowski	549	212	71,220	Ropczyce	Sędziszów Małopolski	5
Przemyśl County powiat przemyski	1,214	469	70,882	Przemyśl *		10
Leżajsk County powiat leżajski	583	225	69,235	Leżajsk	Nowa Sarzyna	5
Nisko County powiat niżański	786	303	67,042	Nisko	Rudnik nad Sanem, Ulanów	7
Brzozów County powiat brzozowski	540	210	65,254	Brzozów		6
Strzyżów County powiat strzyżowski	503	194	61,938	Strzyżów		5
Kolbuszowa County powiat kolbuszowski	774	299	61,399	Kolbuszowa		6
Lubaczów County powiat lubaczowski	1,308	505	57,120	Lubaczów	Oleszyce, Narol, Cieszanów	8
Tarnobrzeg County powiat tarnobrzeski	520	200	53,730	Tarnobrzeg *	Nowa Dęba, Baranów Sandomierski	4
Lesko County powiat leski	835	322	26,613	Lesko		5
Bieszczady County powiat bieszczadzki	1,138	439	22,213	Ustrzyki Dolne		3
* seat not part of the county

[edit] Protected areas

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

Bieszczady National Park (part of the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve)
Magura National Park (partly in Lesser Poland Voivodeship)
Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park
Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park
Jaśliska Landscape Park
Janów Forests Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)
Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park (partly in Lesser Poland Voivodeship)
Pogórze Przemyskie Landscape Park
Puszcza Solska Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)
San Valley Landscape Park
Słonne Mountains Landscape Park
South Roztocze Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)

[edit] History

Main article: Lendians

Main article: Wiślanie

Main article: Great Moravia

Main article: Ostsiedlung

Main article: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Main article: Ruthenian Voivodeship

Main article: Lwów Voivodeship

Main article: Walddeutsche

Main article: Pogórzanie

Main article: Lemkos

[edit] Ethnic groups

Regional costumes of the Pogorzans

Poles
- Pogorzans
Ukrainians
- Lemkos

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

Mazur:^[2] 9,530
Nowak: 9,301
Baran: 8,020

[edit] See also

Second Polish Republic’s Lwów Voivodeship

[edit] References

"Central Statistical Office(GUS) - TERYT(National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)". (in Polish). 01.09.2008. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

^ "Population. Size and structure by territorial division (as of December 31, 2008)". © 1995–2009 Central Statistical Office 00-925 Warsaw, Al. Niepodległości 208. 2009-06-02. http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_P_population_size_structure_31_12_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
^ Kujawiak, Ślązak similarly as Krakowiak and Mazur, took its name from the region of origin; " Mazowsze zasługuje na uwagę ze względu uzdolnień kolonizacyjnych ludności, które to plemię zapędzały na Ruś Czerwoną, w ziemię bialską, więc w sadyby dawnych Jadźwingów, na Podole. Wszędzie jednakże swoje plemienne cechy, a chociażby nazwę Mazurzy. Do dziś dnia (Tatomir Geografija Galicji 1876. str. 59) między Rabą a lewym brzegiem Sanu ludność miejscowa nosi nazwę Mazurów, z których część pod nazwą Grębowiaków (Lisowiaków al. Borowców) siedzi między Wisłą, dolnym Sanem po Mielec, i Leżajsk. Mamy zaś ślady, że w 1373 w Sanockiem nad Sanem, z daru księcia Władysława Opolczyka, a wówczas pana Rusi (lwowskiej) otrzymał wieś Jabłonicę Przybysław syn Fala z ziemi łęczyckiej (AGZ t. VII, str. 15-16)..." [w:] Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI. III. Etnografia i stosunki społeczne. str. 191.