Wałbrzych Voivodeship
| Walbrzych Voivodeship Województwo wałbrzyskie | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voivodeship of Poland | |||||||||
| 1975–1998 | |||||||||
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| Location of the voivodeship within Poland, 1975 | |||||||||
| Capital | Wałbrzych | ||||||||
| Demonym | Silesians | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Republic | ||||||||
| Voivode | |||||||||
• 1990-93 | Jerzy Świteńki | ||||||||
• 1993-97 | Henryk Gołębiewski | ||||||||
| Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||
• Established | 1975 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1998 | ||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||
| • Type | Gminas | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Today part of | Third Polish Republic | ||||||||
Walbrzych Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wałbrzyskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the years 1975 to 1998,[1] eventually superseded by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.[2]
Major cities and towns (population in 1995)
- Wałbrzych (139,600)
- Świdnica (64,800)
- Dzierżoniów (38,300)
- Bielawa (34,600)
- Kłodzko (30,900)
- Nowa Ruda (27,200)
- Świebodzice (24,700)
See also
References
- ↑ "Wałbrzych - location | Oficjalny Serwis Miasta Wałbrzycha". Oficjalny Serwis Miasta Wałbrzycha. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ "Poland: Floods - DREF Operational Update (MDRPL003) - Poland | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
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