Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Województwo świętokrzyskie | |
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Location within Poland | |
Division into counties | |
| Coordinates (Kielce): 50°53′N 20°37′E / 50.883°N 20.617°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Capital | Kielce |
| Counties | |
| Government | |
| • Body | Executive board |
| • Voivode | Józef Bryk (PO) |
| • Marshal | Renata Janik (PiS) |
| • EP | Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,672 km2 (4,507 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,237,369 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 562,221 |
| • Rural | 675,148 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €16.997 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | €15,000 (2023) |
| ISO 3166 code | PL-26 |
| Vehicle registration | T |
| HDI (2019) | 0.866 very high · 12th |
| Website | https://www.kielce.uw.gov.pl/ |
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Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Polish: województwo świętokrzyskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ɕfjɛntɔˈkʂɨskʲɛ] ⓘ), also known as Holy Cross Voivodeship, is a voivodeship (province) in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland. The province's capital and largest city is Kielce. The voivodeship takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains.
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is bounded by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north, Lublin to the east, Subcarpathian to the south-central, Lesser Poland to the south, Silesian to the southwest, and Łódź to the northwest.
The province covers an area of 11,672 square kilometres (4,507 sq mi), making it the second smallest province (after Opole). As at 2019, the total population of Świętokrzyskie Province was 1,237,369.