Łuków County
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Łuków County Powiat łukowski |
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| Coordinates (Łuków): 51°55′N 22°23′E / 51.917°N 22.383°ECoordinates: 51°55′N 22°23′E / 51.917°N 22.383°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lublin | |
| Seat | Łuków | |
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Total 11 (incl. 2 urban)
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,394.09 km2 (538.26 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 108,393 | |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 33,283 | |
| • Rural | 75,110 | |
| Car plates | LLU | |
| Website | http://www.starostwolukow.pl/ | |
Łuków County (Polish: powiat łukowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Łuków, which lies 76 kilometres (47 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin. The only other town in the county is , lying 30 km (19 mi) west of Łuków.
The county covers an area of 1,394.09 square kilometres (538.3 sq mi). As of 2006, its total population is 108,393, including 30,564 in Łuków, 2,719 in Stoczek Łukowski, and a rural population is 75,110.
Lukow Land (Polish: ziemia lukowska, Latin: Terra Lucoviensis, Districtus Lucoviensis) or Lukow County was an administrative unit (ziemia) of both the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With seat in the town of Lukow, it was located in extreme northeastern corner of Lesser Poland, and until 1474 belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship. From 1474 to 1795, Lukow Land was part of Lublin Voivodeship. Its total area was 1928 km2.
Lukow Land bordered Lesser Polands’ Lublin County in the south, Lesser Polands’ Stężyca Land in the southwest, Mazovian Czersk Land in the west, Mazovian Liw Land in northwest, Drohiczyn Land (part of Podlasie) in the north and Brzesc Litewski County (part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania) in the east.
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