Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
Województwo opolskie | |
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Location within Poland | |
Administrative divisions | |
| Coordinates (Opole): 50°40′N 17°56′E / 50.667°N 17.933°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Capital | Opole |
| Counties | 1 city, 11 land counties, further divided into 71 gminas |
| Government | |
| • Body | Executive board |
| • Voivode | Monika Jurek (PO) |
| • Marshal | Szymon Ogłaza (PO) |
| • EP | Lower Silesian and Opole |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,412.5 km2 (3,634.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30) | |
• Total | 984,345 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 524,473 |
| • Rural | 459,872 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €14.628 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | €16,300 (2023) |
| Languages | |
| • Languages | |
| ISO 3166 code | PL-16 |
| Vehicle registration | O |
| HDI (2019) | 0.870 very high · 10th |
| Website | http://www.opolskie.pl/ |
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Opole Voivodeship (Polish: województwo opolskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ɔˈpɔlskʲɛ] ⓘ, Silesian: wojewodstwo Ôpole, German: Woiwodschaft Opole (Oppeln)), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively large German minority lives in the voivodeship, and the German language is co-official in 28 communes.
Opole Voivodeship is bordered by Lower Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Łódź Voivodeships to the north, Silesian Voivodeship to the east, and the Czech Republic (Olomouc Region and Moravian-Silesian Region) to the south.
Opole Province's geographic location, economic potential, and its population's level of education make it an attractive business partner for other Polish regions (especially Lower Silesian and Silesian Voivodeships) and for foreign investors. Formed in 1997, the Praděd/Pradziad Euroregion with its headquarter in Prudnik has facilitated economic, cultural and tourist exchanges between the border areas of Poland and the Czech Republic.