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Lower Silesian Voivodeship For the historical region, see Lower Silesia . Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
The
Lower Silesian Voivodeship () is an
administrative region in southwestern
Poland , located along the middle
Odra River with its capital at
Wrocław . It consists of
Lower Silesia , the northwestern part of the historic and geographic region of
Silesia .
The
voivodeship was created on
January 1 ,
1999 , out of the former
Wrocław ,
Legnica ,
Wałbrzych and
Jelenia Góra voivodeships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
* Population: 2.987 million
* Area: 19,946 km².
* Capital and largest city:
Wrocław Flag of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Coat of arms of Lower Silesia.
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
*
Wrocław (642,700);
*
Wałbrzych (139,600);
*
Legnica (108,000);
*
Jelenia Góra (93,500);
*
Lubin (83,500);
*
Głogów (74,200);
*
Świdnica (64,800);
*
Bolesławiec (44,400);
*
Oleśnica (38,900);
*
Dzierżoniów (38,300);
*
Bielawa (34,600);
*
Zgorzelec (36,800);
*
Oława (31,800);
*
Kłodzko (30,900);
*
Nowa Ruda (27,200);
*
Jawor (25,600);
*
Świebodzice (24,700);
*
Lubań (24,400);
*
Kamienna Góra (23,600);
*
Polkowice (21,600);
Other cities:
Chojnów ,
Złotoryja (both under 20,000).
Administrative divisions Most popular surnames in the region * 1.
Nowak : 13,217
* 2.
Kowalski : 9,429
* 3.
Wójcik : 7,046
Most tourists visit the famous ski resorts in
Karkonosze mountains with its centres
Szklarska Poręba and
Karpacz . The cities of Wrocław,
Jelenia Góra and
Legnica also are famous for visitors. Town of Kudowa Zdroj, located in the Sudety Mountains, about 50 km west of Klodzko, by the Czech border is a very well known resort in
Europe , popular with tourists with heart problems. Kudowa's origin goes back to the
15th century .
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Lower Silesia *
Silesia *
Upper Silesia
