Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939)

Lublin Voivodeship Wojewodztwo lubelskie
Voivodeship of Poland
← 1919–1939 →
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Location of the Lublin Voivodeship (red) within the Second Polish Republic, 1938.
Capital		Lublin
Government		Voivodeship
Voivode
•	1919–1926	Stanisław Moskalewski
•	1937–1939	Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt
History
•	Established	14 August 1919
•	Terrtiorial changes	1 April 1938
•	Annexed by Germany	September 1939
Area
•	1921	31,123 km2(12,017 sq mi)
•	1939	26,555 km2(10,253 sq mi)
Population
•	1921	2,087,951
	Density	67.1 /km2  (173.8 /sq mi)
•	1931	2,116,200
Political subdivisions		16 powiats, 29 cities

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Lublin Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division of the Second Polish Republic between the two world wars, in the years 1919–1939. The province's capital and biggest city was Lublin.

The Voivodeship was founded by the decree of Polish Parliament Sejm of 14 August 1919. In the years 1919–1939 (unlike today), Lublin Voivodeship covered the central part of interwar Poland – the heartland of the country – bordering Białystok Voivodeship (1919–39) to the north, Warsaw Voivodeship and Kielce Voivodeship to the west, Lwów Voivodeship to the south and Polesie Voivodeship as well as Volhynian Voivodeship to the east. Its area, after April 1, 1938 (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938) was 26,555 km². Landscape was flat and hilly in the south, forests covered only 16.6% of the area (with nation's average of 22.2%, as for January 1, 1937).

According to the Polish census of 1921 which was the First General Census in the Second Polish Republic following World War I (conducted by the Main Bureau of Statistics, see originals), the population of Lublin Voivodeship could be categorized by both location and religious beliefs in the following way.

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