Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Województwo małopolskie
Voivodeship
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Coordinates (Kraków): 50°3′41″N 19°56′18″E / 50.06139°N 19.93833°E / 50.06139; 19.93833
Country	Poland
Capital	Kraków
Counties	3 cities, 19 land counties * Kraków Nowy Sącz Tarnów Bochnia County Brzesko County Chrzanów County Dąbrowa County Gorlice County Kraków County Limanowa County Miechów County Myślenice County Nowy Sącz County Nowy Targ County Olkusz County Oświęcim County Proszowice County Sucha County Tarnów County Tatra County Wadowice County Wieliczka County
Area
• Total	15,108 km2 (5,833 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	3,267,731
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
• Urban	1,619,235
• Rural	1,648,496
Car plates	K
Website	www.malopolskie.pl
further divided into 182 gminas

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, or Małopolska Province,^[1] is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland. It is 15,108 square kilometres (5,833 sq mi), and as of 2006, has 3,267,731 residents. It was created on 1 January 1999. The capital of the province is Kraków.

The province's natural borders are Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie) on the north, Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska (a broad range of hills stretching from Kraków to Częstochowa) on the west, and the Tatra, Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains on the south. The provinces and countries it is bordered by are the Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north, Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the east, and the country of Slovakia to the south.

1. ↑ Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.