Lesser Poland Voivodeship
The Lesser Poland (Polish: województwo małopolskie ) Province is one of the 16 regions, which divide the Republic of Poland. It covers the southern part of Poland to the city of Krakow and is enclosed from west to east by the provinces of Silesia, Holy Cross and the Carpathians. In the south, Lesser Poland borders with Slovakia, with which it has interests in the Carpathians. Capital is Krakow.
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History
Today's Province was created with the administrative reform in 1999 of several small units to the city of Krakow, located in the territory of the historic Cracow Province, which also existed in the period from 1945 to 1975.
The coat of arms is based on historical models and is described as follows: In a red gold confess änderter winning gold and gold reinforced silver eagle with golden clover stems.
Administrative divisions
The Lesser Poland Voivodeship is divided into 19 counties, with three cities remain acyclic. Partially make taking their name also a county, it does not belong to itself.
Independent Cities
Counties
The Lesser Poland Voivodeship comprises a total of 19 counties, which belong to a total of 182 municipalities.
(Residents on June 30, 2006)
Largest cities
The provincial capital Krakow, with around 760,000 inhabitants, is the third largest city in the country and by far the largest in the province of Lesser Poland. All other cities are much smaller.
Economy
Expressed in comparison with the gross domestic product of the EU in purchasing power standards reached the province in 2006 an index of 45.4 (EU-27 = 100). The unemployment rate was in July 2008 at 7.2 %. By December 2009, it rose to 9.7 percent, which corresponded to 130,000 people. The share of Polish gross domestic product in 2010 amounted to 7.6 percent.
Sights and culture
In the province, there are six national parks and two UNESCO World Heritage Site ( UNESCO).
- The old town of Krakow and the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
- Zakopane ( Tatra )
- Location and Franciscan Monastery Kalwaria
- The State Museum Auschwitz -Birkenau, on the grounds of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz (1940-1945)
Famous People from Little Poland
One of the most famous people from Lesser Poland Karol Wojtyła is, who was from 1978 to 2005 when Pope John Paul II, head of the Catholic Church. He was born in Wadowice near Krakow.