Sandomierz Governorate (russian: Сандомирская губерния; pl, Gubernia sandomierska) was an administrative unit (
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 State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...
) 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. It w ...
.
![KP województwo sandomierskie COA](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/KP_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_sandomierskie_COA.svg)
History
It was created in 1837 from the
Sandomierz Voivodeship
Sandomierz Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo Sandomierskie, la, Palatinatus Sandomirensis) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Lesser Poland ...
, and had the same borders and capital (
Radom) as the
voivodeship. Its lower levels of administration were also mostly unchanged, although renamed from
obwód Obwód (plural ''obwody'') is a term used in Polish to denote administrative districts in various countries, particularly as a translation of the Russian ''oblast''. As administrative subdivisions of Poland itself, obwody existed as subdivisions of ...
s to
powiat
A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powia ...
s. Reform of 1844 merged the governorate with
Kielce Governorate
Kielce Governorate (russian: Келецкая губерния (pre-1917 orthography: Кѣлецкая губернія); pl, Gubernia kielecka) was an administrative unit (governorate) of Congress Poland.
History
It was created in 1841 from th ...
, creating a new entity, the
Radom Governorate.
References
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Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
{{Administrative division of Congress Poland
Governorates of Congress Poland
History of Lesser Poland
Sandomierz
States and territories established in 1837