Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Kraków Voivodeship (Polish: województwo krakowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1919–1939. It occupied a large area of the southern part of the country, including such cities as Kraków, Jaworzno and Tarnów. Its capital city was Kraków.
| Kraków Voivodeship Województwo krakowskie | |||||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Poland | |||||||||||
| 1920–1939 | |||||||||||
Location of the Kraków Voivodeship (red) within the Second Polish Republic, 1938. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Kraków | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1921 | 17,448 km2 (6,737 sq mi) | ||||||||||
• 1939 | 17,560 km2 (6,780 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1921 | 1,992,810 | ||||||||||
• 1931 | 2,300,100 | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Voivodeship | ||||||||||
| Voivode | |||||||||||
• 1921–1923 | Kazimierz Junosza-Gałecki | ||||||||||
• 1937–1939 | Józef Tymiński | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 23 December 1920 | ||||||||||
• Annexed by Germany | September 1939 | ||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 18 powiats | ||||||||||
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