Administrative Division
The administrative division of the Republic was based on a three-tier system. On the lowest rung were the gminy, local town and village governments akin to districts or parishes. These were then grouped together into powiaty (akin to counties) which, in turn, were grouped as wojewodstwa (voivodeships, akin to provinces).
| Polish voivodeships during the interbellum (data as per April 1, 1937) |
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| Car plates (starting 1937) |
Voivodeship or city |
Capital | Area (1930) in 1,000s km2 |
Population (1931) in 1,000s |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00–19 | City of Warsaw | Warsaw | 0.14 | 1,179.5 | |
| 85–89 | warszawskie | Warsaw | 31.7 | 2,460.9 | |
| 20–24 | białostockie | Białystok | 26.0 | 1,263.3 | |
| 25–29 | kieleckie | Kielce | 22.2 | 2,671.0 | |
| 30–34 | krakowskie | Kraków | 17.6 | 2,300.1 | |
| 35–39 | lubelskie | Lublin | 26.6 | 2,116.2 | |
| 40–44 | lwowskie | Lwów | 28.4 | 3,126.3 | |
| 45–49 | łódzkie | Łódź | 20.4 | 2,650.1 | |
| 50–54 | nowogródzkie | Nowogródek | 23.0 | 1,057.2 | |
| 55–59 | poleskie | Brześć nad Bugiem | 36.7 | 1,132.2 | |
| 60–64 | pomorskie | Toruń | 25.7 | 1,884.4 | |
| 65–69 | poznańskie | Poznań | 28.1 | 2,339.6 | |
| 70–74 | stanisławowskie | Stanisławów | 16.9 | 1,480.3 | |
| 75–79 | śląskie | Katowice | 5.1 | 1,533.5 | |
| 80–84 | tarnopolskie | Tarnopol | 16.5 | 1,600.4 | |
| 90–94 | wileńskie | Wilno | 29.0 | 1,276.0 | |
| 95–99 | wołyńskie | Łuck | 35.7 | 2,085.6 | |
On April 1, 1938, the borders of several western and central voivodeships were revised.
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