Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Map of Poland and Coat of Arms of the Provinces


Polska
Poland

Rzeczpospolita Polska
Mapa Polski z terytorialnym podzialem na 16 wojewodztw od 1999 roku.
Herby wojewodztw.

translation:
The Republic of Poland
Polish map of the territorial division into 16 provinces since 1999.
Herby provinces

unused, from 2010

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Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. It has a population of over 38 million people.

The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships (provinces); these are further divided into powiats (counties), and these in turn are divided into gminas (communes or municipalities).

Poland currently has 16 provinces, 379 counties, and 2,478 municipalities.

The current system was introduced pursuant to a series of acts passed by the Polish parliament in 1998, and came into effect on 1 January 1999. Previously (in the period from 1975 to 1998) there had been 49 smaller provinces, and no counties.

5 comments:

ONeal said...

Good lookin' card. I've never been a fan of map cards until lately. Now, I like them. What's that about?!

Postcard Blogger said...

Hello O'Neal,

You're getting older, your tastes change. hahahahahahahaha

~Brenda

ONeal said...

Then why do I still not like sauerkraut? ;)

Postcard Blogger said...

hahaha! Give it time, it will happen.

ONeal said...

I don't think I have THAT much time left. LOL