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Kielce Governorate (russian: Келецкая губерния (pre-1917 orthography: Кѣлецкая губернія); pl, Gubernia kielecka) was an administrative unit (
*By the Imperial census of 1897.Language Statistics of 1897
In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
governorate
A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ...
) of Congress Poland
Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. I ...
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History
It was created in 1841 from the Kraków Governorate, both with capital in Kelets (Кѣльцы). It was merged into Radom Governorate during the 1844 reorganisation that reduced the number of governorates to just five. In 1866/67 it was recreated in the further reforms that brought the administrative structure of Poland closer to that of theRussian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War ...
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It consisted of 7 powiats: Jędrzejów, Kielce
Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the ban ...
, Miechów
Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 (2004). Miechów lies on the Miechówka river, along European route E77. The area of the town is ...
, Olkusz, Pińczów, Stopnica and Włoszczowa
Włoszczowa is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about west of Kielce. It is the capital of Włoszczowa County. Population is 10,756 (2004). Włoszczowa lies in historic Lesser Poland, and from its foundation until 1795 ...
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Language
*By the Imperial census of 1897.In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
References and notes
See also
* Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland {{coord, 50.872500, 20.631944, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark Governorates of Congress Poland States and territories established in 1841 History of Lesser Poland Voivodeship History of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Establishments in Congress Poland