Territorial division of Poland
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Territorial division of Poland has been changing over the years. The last one has been constituted in 1999. There are 16 provinces in Poland, 379 smaller districts and 2478 municipalities.
The provinces and their capitals are:
South
Lubelskie - Lublin
Podkarpackie - Rzeszów
Świętokrzyskie - Kielce
Małopolskie - Kraków
Śląskie - Katowice
Opolskie - Opole
Dolnośląskie - Wrocław
Central
Lubuskie -Gorzów Wielkopolski
Wielkopolskie - Poznań
Łódzkie - Łódź
Mazowieckie - Warszawa
North
Podlaskie - Białystok,
Warmińsko-Mazurskie - Olsztyn
Kujawsko-Pomorskie - Bydgoszcz
Pomorskie - Gdańsk
Zachodniopomorskie - Szczecin
The most important geographical regions are: Pomerania, Masuria, Wielkopolska, Mazowsze, Podlasie, Silesia, Małopolska and Podkarpacie.
The most important tourist districts are Baltic Seacoast, Musuria Lake District and mountains region in the south.