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Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a

voivodeship A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval ...

, or

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

, in the southeastern corner of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. Its administrative capital and largest city is

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...

. Along with the Marshall, it is governed by the

Subcarpathian Regional Assembly The Subcarpathian Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Podkarpackiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Subcarpathia in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of thirty-three councillors elected every f ...

. Historically, most of the province's territory was part of the

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia , conventional_long_name = Principality of Galicia–VolhyniaKingdom of Galicia–Volhynia , common_name = Galicia–Volhynia , status = Vassal state of the Golden Horde (from 1246) , era = Middle Ages , year_start = 1199 , year_end = 1349 , ...

, the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

and the

Ruthenian Voivodeship The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Latin: ''Palatinatus russiae'', Polish: ''Województwo ruskie'', Ukrainian: ''Руське воєводство'', romanized: ''Ruske voievodstvo''), also called Rus’ voivodeship, was a voivodeship of the Crown ...

. In the interwar period, it was part of the Lwów Voivodeship. The

was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...

Krosno Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inhabitants as of 2 ...

and (partially)

Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarn� ...

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 Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...

(western and northwestern counties) and

Red Ruthenia Red Ruthenia or Red Rus' ( la, Ruthenia Rubra; '; uk, Червона Русь, Chervona Rus'; pl, Ruś Czerwona, Ruś Halicka; russian: Червонная Русь, Chervonnaya Rus'; ro, Rutenia Roșie), is a term used since the Middle Ages fo ...

. 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 The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World ...

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 Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW SA) is a defense contractor that operates a steel mill in the city of Stalowa Wola, Poland. It is a major producer of military equipment and one of the largest heavy construction machinery producers in East-Central Euro ...

, and factories in other Subcarpathian towns such as

Dębica Dębica (; yi, דעמביץ ''Dembitz'') is a town in southeastern Poland with 44,692 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since 1999 it has been situated in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it had previously been i ...

, Nowa Dęba,

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...

, Tarnobrzeg and

Nowa Sarzyna Nowa Sarzyna (; uk, Но́ва Сажи́на, Nóva Sazhýna) is a town in Poland, with 5,970 inhabitants as of 2017. The settlement has spent most of its history as a village, which in the 16th and 17th Centuries was plagued by frequent in ...

. 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 Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). It was created on 1 ...

to the west,

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as the Świętokrzyskie Province, and the Holy Cross Voivodeship ( pl, województwo świętokrzyskie ) is a voivodeship (province) of Poland situated in southeastern part of the country, in the histo ...

to the north-west,

Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, C ...

to the north,

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

(

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...

and

Zakarpattia Oblast The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Rut ...

) to the east and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

( 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 Bieszczady National Park (; pl, Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) is the third-largest national park in Poland, located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in the extreme southeast corner of the country. In 2021, the national park became a UNESCO World He ...

, and parts of

Magura National Park Magura National Park ( pl, Magurski Park Narodowy) is a National Park located in the south-east of Poland, close to Slovakia, on the boundary of Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It covers the main part of the upper basi ...

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 (

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 "''powiat ...

s): 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 area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

s in Subcarpathian Voivodeship include two

national park A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...

s and 11 Landscape Parks. These are listed below. *

(part of the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve) *

(partly in

) * Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park * Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park *

Jaśliska Landscape Park Jaśliska Landscape Park (''Jaśliski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-eastern Poland, established in 1992. It is named after the village of Jaśliska. The Park lies within Podkarpackie Voivodeship. It covers a ...

* Janów Forests Landscape Park (partly in

) *

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Pasma Brzanki'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in southern Poland, established in 1995. The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivodesh ...

(partly in Lesser Poland Voivodeship) *

Pogórze Przemyskie Landscape Park Pogórze may refer to the following places in Poland: * Pogórze, Gdynia, a district of the city of Gdynia * Pogórze, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Pogórze, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Pogórze, Silesian Voivodeship (south P ...

* Puszcza Solska Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship) *

San Valley Landscape Park San Valley Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Sanu'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-eastern Poland, established in 1992, covering an area of . The Park lies within Podkarpackie Voivodeship: in Bieszczady County ( Gmina ...

Słonne Mountains Landscape Park Słonne Mountains Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Gór Słonnych'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-eastern Poland, established in 1992, covering an area of . It lies in the Słonne Mountains ( pl, Góry Słonne, literally "sal ...

South Roztocze Landscape Park South Roztocze Landscape Park ( pl, Południoworoztoczański Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in eastern Poland, established in 1989. The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lublin Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivode ...

(partly in Lublin Voivodeship)

Economy

The

Gross domestic product Gross domestic product (GDP) is a money, monetary Measurement in economics, measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjec ...

(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 Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Or ...

- 3271 (0,2 %) **

Rusyns Rusyns (), also known as Carpatho-Rusyns (), or Rusnaks (), are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn, an East Slavic language variety, treated variously as either a distinct languag ...

***

Lemkos Lemkos ( rue, Лeмкы, translit= Lemkŷ; pl, Łemkowie; uk, Лемки, translit=Lemky) are an ethnic group inhabiting the Lemko Region ( rue, Лемковина, translit=Lemkovyna; uk, Лемківщина, translit=Lemkivshchyna) of Car ...

- 147 *** Boykos *

Romani people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...

- 717 *

Americans Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim Amer ...

- 129 *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

- 128 *

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

- 116 *

Italians , flag = , flag_caption = Flag of Italy, The national flag of Italy , population = , regions = Italy 55,551,000 , region1 = Brazil , pop1 = 25–33 million , ref1 = , ...

- 108 * No answer - 19 055(0,9 %)

Most popular surnames in the region

Mazur Mazur can refer to: * Masurians or Mazurs, an ethnic group with historic origins in the Polish region of Masovia * Mazur (surname), including a list of people so named * Mazur (dance), a traditional Polish folk dance * Mazur, Iran, a village in Ma ...

: Kujawiak, Ślązak similarly as Krakowiak and

, 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 Podole may refer to: *Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europ ...

. 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 Mielec ( yi, מעליץ-Melitz) is the largest city and seat of Mielec County. Mielec is located in south-eastern Poland ( Lesser Poland), in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Województwo Podkarpackie). The population of Mielec in December 2021 wa ...

, 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 Myron Walter Drabowsky (July 21, 1935 – June 10, 2006) was an American professional baseball pitcher, best-remembered for throwing scoreless innings of relief to win Game 1 of the 1966 World Series. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for ...

, American major league baseball pitcher *

Stefan Turchak Stefan Vasylovych Turchak ( uk, Стефан Турчак ; February 28, 1938 – October 23, 1988) was an outstanding Ukrainian conductor, People's Artist of the USSR (1977) and a Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize. Biography Stefan ...

, Ukrainian conductor

Subcarpathia landscape pictures

File:Ratusz-POL, Rzeszów.jpg, Rzeszów

town hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually house ...

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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,

File:Huwniki Widok.jpg, Huwniki File:2015, Przemyśl, Zamek Kazimierzowski (02).jpg, Royal Casimir Castle in

File:Synagoga lesko.jpg,

Lesko Lesko (or ''Lisko'' until 1926; ua, Лісько - Lisko; la, Lescow, alias ''Olesco Lescovium''; yi, לינסק-Linsk) is a town in south-eastern Poland with a population of 5,755 (02.06.2009). situated in the Bieszczady mountains. It is ...

synagogue File:2014 Tarnobrzeg, Zamek Tarnowskich 02.JPG,

Tarnowski Tarnowski (feminine: Tarnowska; plural: Tarnowscy) is a Polish-language toponymic surname derived from the city of Tarnów. Related surnames People * Tarnowski family, a Polish noble family * Adam Tarnowski (senior) (1866–1946), Polish and Aus ...

Palace in Tarnobrzeg File:Jarosław1.JPG, Jarosław town hall File:20180816 Zamek w Baranowie Sandomierskim 1545 8967 DxO.jpg,

Baranów Sandomierski Castle The Baranów Sandomierski Castle is a Mannerist castle located in the town of Baranów Sandomierski in the Subcarpathian Voivodship, south-eastern Poland. It is one of the most important Mannerist structures in the country. The castle is commonly ...

File:Organs in Basilica of St. Mary in Leżajsk.jpg, 16th-century Baroque organs in Leżajsk File:Solina Poland.jpg,

Solina Lake Lake Solina ( pl, Jezioro Solińskie) is an artificial lake in the Bieszczady Mountains region, more precisely in Lesko County of the Subcarpathian Voivodship of Poland. Its coordinates are . The lake was created in 1968 by the construction of ...

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 A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...

File:Przeclaw js.jpg, Przecław File:Wisłok Wielki cerkiew.JPG,

Wisłok Wielki Wisłok Wielki (; uk, Вислік Великий, Vyslik Velykyi) is a village in the Bukowsko Upland mountains. Since 1999 it is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (province) of south-eastern Poland; previously in Krosno Voivodship (1975 ...

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

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Leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia ...

car File:20110827 Black Hawk Radom Air Show 9577.jpg,

Black Hawk helicopters The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ( ...

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

References

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Notes

External links

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