Podkarpacie Province

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship (also known as Podkarpacie Province, or by its Polish name of województwo podkarpackie or simply Podkarpackie) is a voivodeship, or province, situated in the far south-east of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów (historically Lwów was the administrative centre of this part of Poland, but after 1945, when Lwów became part of the Soviet Union, its role was taken over by Rzeszów).

The voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Krosno and (partially) Tarnów and Tarnobrzeg Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The name derives from the region's location close to the Carpathian Mountains.

It is bordered by Lesser Poland Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north-west, Lublin Voivodeship to the north, Ukraine to the east and Slovakia to the south. It covers an area of , and has a population of 2,096,971 (as at 2006).

Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 46 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006

): 1. Rzeszów (163,155)
2. Przemyśl (66,715)
3. Stalowa Wola (65,818)
4. Mielec (61,118)
5. Tarnobrzeg (50,033)
6. Krosno (47,693)
7. Dębica (46,955)
8. Jarosław (40,549)
9. Sanok (39,481)
10. Jasło (37,768)
11. Łańcut (18,067)
12. Przeworsk (15,747)
13. Nisko (15,637)
14. Ropczyce (15,045)
15. Leżajsk (14,275)
16. Lubaczów (12,378)
17. Nowa Dęba (11,390)
18. Ustrzyki Dolne (9,478)
19. Kolbuszowa (9,172)
20. Strzyżów (8,703)
21. Brzozów (7,699)
22. Sędziszów Małopolski (7,121)
23. Rudnik nad Sanem (6,744)
24. Nowa Sarzyna (6,308)
25. Dynów (6,076)
26. Lesko (5,864)
27. Radymno (5,603)
28. Jedlicze (5,593)
29. Boguchwała (5,535)
30. Głogów Małopolski (5,123)
31. Zagórz (4,990)
32. Pilzno (4,411)
33. Sokołów Małopolski (3,991)
34. Rymanów (3,564)
35. Tyczyn (3,299)
36. Kańczuga (3,211)
37. Oleszyce (3,168)
38. Radomyśl Wielki (2,912)
39. Dukla (2,136)
40. Narol (2,120)
41. Błażowa (2,110)
42. Sieniawa (2,065)
43. Cieszanów (1,899)
44. Iwonicz Zdrój (1,891)
45. Ulanów (1,494)
46. Baranów Sandomierski (1,453)

Administrative division

Subcarpathian Voivodeship is divided into 25 counties (powiats): 4 city counties and 21 land counties. These are further divided into 159 gminas.

The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).

English and Polish names	Area		Population (2006)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
English and Polish names	km²	sq mi	Population (2006)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
City counties
Rzeszów		163,155			1
Przemyśl		66,715			1
Tarnobrzeg		50,033			1
Krosno		47,693			1
Land counties
Rzeszów County powiat rzeszowski		169,586	Rzeszów *	Dynów, Boguchwała, Głogów Małopolski, Sokołów Małopolski, Tyczyn, Błażowa	14
Mielec County powiat mielecki		133,148	Mielec	Radomyśl Wielki	10
Dębica County powiat dębicki		132,473	Dębica	Pilzno	7
Jarosław County powiat jarosławski		122,368	Jarosław	Radymno	11
Jasło County powiat jasielski		115,128	Jasło		10
Krosno County powiat krośnieński		109,715	Krosno *	Jedlicze, Rymanów, Dukla, Iwonicz Zdrój	9
Stalowa Wola County powiat stalowowolski		109,170	Stalowa Wola		6
Sanok County powiat sanocki		94,740	Sanok	Zagórz	8
Przeworsk County powiat przeworski		78,691	Przeworsk	Kańczuga, Sieniawa	9
Łańcut County powiat łańcucki		77,710	Łańcut		7
Ropczyce-Sędziszów County powiat ropczycko-sędziszowski		71,220	Ropczyce	Sędziszów Małopolski	5
Przemyśl County powiat przemyski		70,882	Przemyśl *		10
Leżajsk County powiat leżajski		69,235	Leżajsk	Nowa Sarzyna	5
Nisko County powiat niżański		67,042	Nisko	Rudnik nad Sanem, Ulanów	7
Brzozów County powiat brzozowski		65,254	Brzozów		6
Strzyżów County powiat strzyżowski		61,938	Strzyżów		5
Kolbuszowa County powiat kolbuszowski		61,399	Kolbuszowa		6
Lubaczów County powiat lubaczowski		57,120	Lubaczów	Oleszyce, Narol, Cieszanów	8
Tarnobrzeg County powiat tarnobrzeski		53,730	Tarnobrzeg *	Nowa Dęba, Baranów Sandomierski	4
Lesko County powiat leski		26,613	Lesko		5
Bieszczady County powiat bieszczadzki		22,213	Ustrzyki Dolne		3
* seat not part of the county