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Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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Lower Silesian Voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999. Paweł Hreniak is the head of government.

Its population was 2.9M in 2012.[1] The time zone is UTC+01:00.

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Poland[3]
  • Country: Poland[4]
  • Head of government: Paweł Hreniak[5], Cezary Przybylski[6]
  • Capital: Wrocław[7]
  • Shares border with: Lubusz Voivodeship[8], Greater Poland Voivodeship[9], Opole Voivodeship[10], Saxony[11], Hradec Králové Region[12], Liberec Region[13], Olomouc Region[14], Pardubice Region[15]
  • Named after: Lower Silesia[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Karkonosze County[17], Kamienna Góra County[18], Góra County[19], Jawor County[20], Dzierżoniów County[21], Głogów County[22], Bolesławiec County[23], Kłodzko County[24], Legnica County[25], Wrocław[26], Jelenia Góra[27], Legnica[28], Trzebnica County[29], Wałbrzych County[30]
  • Flag: flag of Lower Silesian Voivodeship[31]
  • Legislative body: Lower Silesian Regional Assembly[32]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Lower Silesian Voivodeship[33]
  • Commons category: Lower Silesian Voivodeship[34]
  • Licence plate code: D[35]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[36]
  • Inception: January 1, 1999[37]
  • Official website: http://www.umwd.pl/[38], https://umwd.dolnyslask.pl[39], https://umwd.dolnyslask.pl/en[40]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lower Silesian Voivodeship[41]
  • Commons gallery: Województwo dolnośląskie[42]
  • Population: 2,915,245[43]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Województwo dolnośląskie[44]
  • Office held by head of government: Voivode of Lower Silesian Voivodeship[45]

Why It Matters

Lower Silesian Voivodeship has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Related Entities

Legnica Poland Sobótka Wałbrzych

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  41. [43] ↑ . wroclaw.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . wroclaw.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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