Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Polish: województwo świętokrzyskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ɕfjɛntɔˈkʂɨskʲɛ] ), also known as Świętokrzyskie Province and Holy Cross Province or Holy Cross Voivodeship, is a voivodeship (province) in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland. The province's capital and largest city is Kielce.

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Województwo świętokrzyskie
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Coordinates (Kielce): 50°53′N 20°37′E
Country Poland
CapitalKielce
Counties
Government
  BodyExecutive board
  VoivodeZbigniew Koniusz (PiS)
  MarshalAndrzej Bętkowski (PiS)
  EPLesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie
Area
  Total11,672 km2 (4,507 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total1,237,369
  Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
  Urban
562,221
  Rural
675,148
GDP
  Total€13.147 billion
  Per capita€10,700
ISO 3166 codePL-26
Vehicle registrationT
HDI (2019)0.866
very high · 12th
Websitehttps://www.kielce.uw.gov.pl/
  • further divided into 102 gminas

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is bounded by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north, Lublin to the east, Subcarpathian to the southeast, Lesser Poland to the south, Silesian to the southwest, and Łódź to the northwest.

Holy Cross Province was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Kielce Voivodeship, eastern Częstochowa Voivodeship, and western Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province covers an area of 11,672 square kilometres (4,507 sq mi), making it the second smallest province (after Opole). As at 2019, the total population of Świętokrzyskie Province was 1,237,369.

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