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Białystok Voivodeship (1919–39)

Białystok Voivodeship
Województwo białostockie
Voivodeship of Poland

1919–1939
 

 

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Location of Białystok
Location of the Białystok Voivodeship (red)
within the Second Polish Republic, 1938.
Capital Białystok
Government Voivodeship
Voivode
 •  1919–1920 Stefan Badzynski
 •  1937–1939 Henryk Ostaszewski
History
 •  Established 14 August 1919
 •  Annexed September 1939
Area
 •  1921 32,450 km2(12,529 sq mi)
 •  1939 26,036 km2(10,053 sq mi)
Population
 •  1921 1,305,284 
Density 40.2 /km2  (104.2 /sq mi)
 •  1931 1,263,300 
Political subdivisions 13 counties (powiaty) (1919–38)
10 counties (1938–1939)

See also: Białystok Voivodeship (1945–1975) and Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998)

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Białystok Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo białostockie) was an administrative unit of interwar Poland (1918–1939). It ceased to exist in September 1939, following the German and Soviet invasion of Poland.

In interwar Poland (1918–1939), Bialystok Voivodeship was located in mid-northern part of the country. It bordered Germany (East Prussia) to north-west, Lithuania to north-east, Wilno Voivodeship and Nowogródek Voivodeship to the east, Polesie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship to the south and Warsaw Voivodeship to the west. Its area was 26 036 km². Landscape was flat, with the mighty Bialowieza Forest located right in the middle.

Inhabited mostly by Poles (in 1931 they made up 66.9% of the population), it also had significant Belarusian (16.3%) and Jewish (12.1%) minorities. Interesting is the fact that in 1931, 2.8% claimed Russian as their native tongue. The population, according to the 1931 Polish census was 1 263 300.

According to Polish data from April 1939, the population of Białystok voivodship was divided as follows: 71,1% Poles, 13,5% Belarusians, 11,9% Jews, 2,2% Russians, 0,9% Lithuanians, 0,5% Germans.


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