Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–39)

Warsaw Voivodeship Województwo warszawskie
Voivodeship of Poland
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Warsaw Voivodeship (red) on the map of Second Polish Republic
Capital		Warsaw
Government		Voivodeship
Voivodes
•	1919-1927	Władysław Sołtan
•	1938-1939	Jerzy Paciorkowski
Historical era		Interwar period
•	Established	14 August 1919
•	Territorial changes	1 April 1938
•	Annexed by Germany	September 1939
Area
•	1921	29,342 km2(11,329 sq mi)
•	1939	31,656 km2(12,222 sq mi)
Population
•	1921	2,112,798
	Density	72 /km2  (186.5 /sq mi)
•	1931	2,460,900
Political subdivisions		22 powiats, 53 cities

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Warsaw Voivodeship (Polish: województwo warszawskie) was a voivodeship of Poland in the years 1919–1939. Its capital and biggest city was Warsaw.

In the years 1919–1939, Warsaw Voivodeship covered north-central part of Poland, bordering East Prussia to the north, Pomorze Voivodeship and Łódź Voivodeship to the west, Kielce Voivodeship to the south and both Lublin Voivodeship and Białystok Voivodeship to the east. Its area, after April 1, 1938, was 31 656 km² (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938). The landscape was flat. Forests covered only 11.4% of the area, compared to the national average of 22.2%, as of January 1, 1937.

According to the 1931 Polish census, the population was 2 460 900. Poles made up 88.3% of population, Jews - 9.7% and Germans - 1.6%. The Jews and the Germans preferred to live in the cities and towns, especially in Warsaw itself. In Warsaw, in 1931, only 70.7% of population was Polish, with 28.3% Jews. In the whole Voivodeship, 21.8% of the population was illiterate as of 1931.

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