Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Województwo wielkopolskie

Voivodeship

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Coat of arms

Location within Poland

Division into counties

Coordinates (Poznań): 52°17′34″N 16°44′8″E / 52.29278°N 16.73556°E

Country

Poland

Capital

Poznań

Counties

Area

• Total

29,826 km² (11,516 sq mi)

Population (2013)

• Total

3,467,016

• Density

120/km² (300/sq mi)

• Urban

1,923,582

• Rural

1,451,071

Car plates

Website

http://www.en.poznan.uw.gov.pl/

further divided into 226 gminas.

Greater Poland Voivodeship (in Polish: Województwo Wielkopolskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ vjɛlkɔˈpɔlskʲɛ]), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship or Wielkopolska Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland or Wielkopolska [vjɛlkɔˈpɔlska]. The modern province includes most of this historic region, except for some south-western parts.

Greater Poland Voivodeship is second in area and third in population among Poland's sixteen voivodeships, with an area of 29,826 square kilometres (11,516 sq mi) and a population of close to 3.4 million. Its capital city is Poznań; other important cities include Kalisz, Konin, Piła, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Gniezno (an early capital of Poland) and Leszno. It is bordered by seven other voivodeships: West Pomeranian to the northwest, Pomeranian to the north, Kuyavian-Pomeranian to the north-east, Łódź to the south-east, Opole to the south, Lower Silesian to the southwest and Lubusz to the west.

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