Central
Population: 6,736,000
Biggest city: Warsaw (1,635,000)
Urban population: 69%
Rural: 31%
Area: 39,179 square km. (about 1/8 total land area)
Density: 172 persons/sq.km.
Administrative Divisions (provinces and voivoids*): Central Region
*In 1998, Poland underwent local government re-organization, which led to the merger of the 49 voivoids into 16 new provinces.
Provinces (new sub-national units, 1998-) | Subsumes the following voivoids (old sub-national units). |
Mazowieckie (Pop. 5,065,000) Area: 35,597 sq. km. Capital city: Warsaw (1,635,000) |
Warsaw (Pop. 2,417,000) Radom (Pop. 764,000) Siedlce (Pop. 662,000)-see Eastern region Plock (Pop. 522,000) Ciechanow (Pop. 436,000) Ostroleka (Pop. 408,000)-see Eastern region |
Lódzkie (Pop. 2,673,000) Area: 18,219 sq. km. Capital: Lódz (823,000) |
Lódz (Pop. 1,116,000) Piotrków (Pop. 644,000) Skierniewice (Pop. 424,000) Sieradz (Pop. 413,000) |