| Suwałki Voivodeship Województwo suwalskie | |||||||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Poland | |||||||||||||
| 1975–1998 | |||||||||||||
 Map of the People's Republic of Poland in 1975 with the Suwałki Voivodeship. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Suwałki | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 54°5′N 22°56′E / 54.083°N 22.933°E | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1975 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Communes: | ||||||||||||
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Suwałki Voivodeship (Polish: województwo suwalskie) was an administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998. In 1999 the Voidvodeship was divided in half and reassigned to two other Voivodeships – the eastern half to Podlaskie Voivodeship and the western half to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Its capital city was Suwałki.
Cities and towns
Major cities and towns (population in 1998):
- Suwałki – 68,331 (1995 – 66,200)
- Ełk – 56,208 (1995 – 55,100)
- Giżycko – 31,484 (1995 – 30,600)
- Augustów – 30,162 (1995 – 29,600)
- Pisz – 19,571
- Olecko – 17,175
- Gołdap – 13,858
- Węgorzewo – 12,331
Population
- 1975 – 414,700
- 1980 – 422,600
- 1985 – 449,000
- 1990 – 470,600
- 1995 – 485,600
- 1998 – 489,200
References
- Dzieje Polski : atlas ilustrowany (in Polish). Warszawa: Demart. 2008. pp. 472–475. ISBN 978-83-7427-413-5.
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