Gdansk Voivodship

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Gdańsk Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodship.

Capital city: Gdansk
Statistics (1 January 1992):
Area: 7.400 sq.km
Population: 1.431.600 inhabitants
Population density: 194 inhabitants/sq.km
Administrative division: 47 communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 20

Governors:

Maciej Plazynski 1990-1997

Major cities and towns (population 1995):

Gdansk (462,800);
Gdynia (251,400);
Tczew (60,600);
Starogard Gdanski (50,600);
Wejherowo (47.300);
Sopot (43,700);
Rumia (40,000);
Koscierzyna (23.100);
Pruszcz Gdanski (21.200),

Other towns (population 1980):

Kartuzy (12,000);
Puck (11,100);
Wladyslawowo (10,600).

Gdansk Voivodship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by the voivodships of Gdansk (1), Elblag and Slupsk (area of Lebork).

Capital city: Gdansk

List of counties in 1946-1975
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

Gdansk City, miasto Gdańsk
Gdynia City, Miasto Gdynia
Elblag County, powiat elbląski, Elblag
Gdansk County, powiat gdański, Gdansk
Kartuzy County powiat kartuski, Kartuzy
Koscierzyna County, powiat kościerzyński, Koscierzyna
Kwidzyn County, powiat kwidzyński, Kwidzyn
Lebork County, powiat leborski, Lebork
Malbork County, powiat malborski, Malbork
Sea County, powiat morski Puck
Starogard County, powiat starogardzki, Starogard Gdański
Sztum County, powiat sztumski, Sztum
Tczew County, powiat tczewski, Tczew

New counties established 1946-1975:

Sopot City, miasto Sopot, previously part of Gdansk County
Elblag City, miasto Elbląg, previously part of Elblag County
Puck County, powiat puck, Puck, previously part of Sea County
Wejherowo County, powiat wejherowski, Wejherowo, previously part of Sea County
Nowy Dwor Gdanski County, powiat nowodworski, Nowy Dwor Gdanski, previously part of Gdansk County