Podkarpacie Voivodship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshall, it is governed by the Subcarpathian Regional Assembly. Historically, most of the province's territory was part of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and the Ruthenian Voivodeship. In the interwar period, it was part of the Lwów Voivodeship.

The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Krosno and (partially) Tarnów and Tarnobrzeg Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local-government reforms adopted in 1998. The name derives from the region's location near the Carpathian Mountains, and the voivodeship comprises areas of two historic regions of Eastern Europe — Lesser Poland (western and northwestern counties) and Red Ruthenia. During the interwar period (1918-1939), Subcarpathian Voivodeship belonged to "Poland B", the less-developed, more rural parts of Poland. To boost the local economy, the government of the Second Polish Republic began in the mid-1930s a massive program of industrialization, known as the Central Industrial Region. The program created several major armament factories, including PZL Mielec, PZL Rzeszów, Huta Stalowa Wola, and factories in other Subcarpathian towns such as Dębica, Nowa Dęba, Sanok, Tarnobrzeg and Nowa Sarzyna. One of the names that was proposed for this voivodeship, was Galician, referring to the old historical region of Galicia. Despite having the approval of the population, the name that was put at the end was Subcarpathian, although it has never been called this way before.

It is bordered by Lesser Poland Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north-west, Lublin Voivodeship to the north, Ukraine ( Lviv Oblast and Zakarpattia Oblast) to the east and Slovakia (Prešov Region) to the south. It covers an area of , and has a population of 2,127,462 (as at 2019). The voivodeship is mostly hilly or mountainous (see Bieszczady, Beskidy); its northwestern corner is flat. It is one of the most wooded Polish voivodeships (35.9% of total area), within its borders there is whole Bieszczady National Park, and parts of Magura National Park.

Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 6 cities and 45 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures as of 2019)

Administrative division

Subcarpathian Voivodeship is divided into 25 counties ( powiats): 4 city counties and 21 land counties. These are further divided into 160 gminas.

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

Protected areas

Protected areas in Subcarpathian Voivodeship include two national parks and 11 Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
* Bieszczady National Park (part of the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve)
* Magura National Park (partly in Lesser Poland Voivodeship)
* Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park
* Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park
* Jaśliska Landscape Park
* Janów Forests Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)
* Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park (partly in Lesser Poland Voivodeship)
* Pogórze Przemyskie Landscape Park
* Puszcza Solska Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)
* San Valley Landscape Park
* Słonne Mountains Landscape Park
* South Roztocze Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 19.4 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 3.9% of Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 15,100 euros or 50% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 59% of the EU average. Podkarpackie Voivodship is the province with the third lowest GDP per capita in Poland.

History

Ethnic groups

Population according to 2002 census

* Poles - 2 079 208(98,8 %)
** Pogorzans
* Ukrainians - 3271 (0,2 %)
** Rusyns
*** Lemkos - 147
*** Boykos
* Romani people - 717
* Americans - 129
* Russians - 128
* Germans - 116
* Italians - 108
* No answer - 19 055(0,9 %)

Most popular surnames in the region

# Mazur: Kujawiak, Ślązak similarly as Krakowiak and Mazur, took its name from the region of origin; " Mazowsze zasługuje na uwagę ze względu uzdolnień kolonizacyjnych ludności, które to plemię zapędzały na Ruś Czerwoną, w ziemię bialską, więc w sadyby dawnych Jadźwingów, na Podole. Wszędzie jednakże swoje plemienne cechy, a chociażby nazwę Mazurzy. Do dziś dnia (Tatomir Geografija Galicji 1876. str. 59) między Rabą a lewym brzegiem Sanu ludność miejscowa nosi nazwę Mazurów, z których część pod nazwą Grębowiaków (Lisowiaków al. Borowców) siedzi między Wisłą, dolnym Sanem po Mielec, i Leżajsk. Mamy zaś ślady, że w 1373 w Sanockiem nad Sanem, z daru księcia Władysława Opolczyka, a wówczas pana Rusi (lwowskiej) otrzymał wieś Jabłonicę Przybysław syn Fala z ziemi łęczyckiej ( AGZ t. VII, str. 15-16)..." :Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI. III. Etnografia i stosunki społeczne. str. 191. 9,530
# Nowak: 9,301
# Baran: 8,020

Notable residents

* Moe Drabowsky, American major league baseball pitcher
* Stefan Turchak, Ukrainian conductor

Subcarpathia landscape pictures

File:Ratusz-POL, Rzeszów.jpg, Rzeszów town hall
File:Łańcut Castle Front.jpg, Łańcut Castle
File:0.2014 Sanok, von Kościuszkistrasse aus gesehen.JPG, Sanok
File:Krasiczyn od fosy.jpg, Krasiczyn Castle
File:Jasło-pałac1.JPG, Jasło Palace
File:2015 Przemyśl, Widok na miasto z baszty północnej zamku (06).jpg, Przemyśl
File:Huwniki Widok.jpg, Huwniki
File:2015, Przemyśl, Zamek Kazimierzowski (02).jpg, Royal Casimir Castle in Przemyśl
File:Synagoga lesko.jpg, Lesko synagogue
File:2014 Tarnobrzeg, Zamek Tarnowskich 02.JPG, Tarnowski Palace in Tarnobrzeg
File:Jarosław1.JPG, Jarosław town hall
File:20180816 Zamek w Baranowie Sandomierskim 1545 8967 DxO.jpg, Baranów Sandomierski Castle
File:Organs in Basilica of St. Mary in Leżajsk.jpg, 16th-century Baroque organs in Leżajsk
File:Solina Poland.jpg, Solina Lake
File:Solina lake view.jpg, Solina seen from the distance
File:Sine Wiry 05.jpg, Wetlina River
File:Two lynxes playing.jpg, Lynx
File:PL-PK Blizne, kościół Wszystkich Świętych 2014-07-26--09-26-59-001.jpg, Church of All Saints in Blizne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
File:Przeclaw js.jpg, Przecław
File:Wisłok Wielki cerkiew.JPG, Wisłok Wielki
File:Pogórze zach. skansen Sanok.jpg, Open air museum in Sanok
File:San widziany z Zamku Sobień.JPG, San River
File:Tarnica winter.JPG, Tarnica Mountain
File:Sanockie nafta pompa.jpg, A historic oil well
File:Leopard-AMI-Leipzig-2007a.JPG, Leopard car
File:20110827 Black Hawk Radom Air Show 9577.jpg, Black Hawk helicopters are produced by PZL Mielec
File:Autosan A1212C Eurolider - Transexpo 2009.jpg, Autosan bus and coach manufacturer has its headquarters in Sanok
File:Zapora Solińska - panoramio.jpg, Solina dam is the largest dam in Poland

See also

* Second Polish Republic's Lwów Voivodeship
* Galicia

References

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Notes

External links

Subcarpathia photo gallery
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Subcarpathian Voivodeship official website
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Podkarpacki Urząd Wojewódzki
Official website
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The castles and palaces of Subcarpathian province

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1999 establishments in Poland
States and territories established in 1999
Rusyn communities