Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Województwo podkarpackie
Location within Poland
Administrative map
Coordinates (Rzeszów): 50°2′1″N 22°0′17″E / 50.03361°N 22.00472°E / 50.03361; 22.00472
Country Poland
CapitalRzeszów
Counties
Government
  BodyExecutive board
  VoivodeTeresa Kubas-Hul (PO)
  MarshalWładysław Ortyl (PiS)
  EPSubcarpathian constituency
Area
  Total
17,844 km2 (6,890 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total
2,127,462
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
  Urban
880,947
  Rural
1,246,515
GDP
  Total€28.379 billion (2023)
  Per capita€14,500 (2023)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codePL-18
Vehicle registrationR
HDI (2021)0.868
very high · 9th
Primary airportRzeszów–Jasionka Airport
Highways
Websitehttps://rzeszow.uw.gov.pl/
  • further divided into 160 gminas

Podkarpackie Voivodeship (in English: Subcarpathian) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshal, it is governed by the Subcarpathian Regional Assembly.

The name derives from the region's location near the Carpathian Mountains, and the voivodeship comprises areas of two historic regions of Central Europe—Lesser Poland (western and northwestern counties) and Cherven Cities/Red Ruthenia.

It is bordered by Lesser Poland Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north-west, Lublin Voivodeship to the north, Ukraine (Lviv Oblast and Zakarpattia Oblast) to the east and Slovakia (Prešov Region) to the south. It covers an area of 17,844 square kilometres (6,890 sq mi), and has a population of 2,127,462 (as at 2019). The voivodeship is mostly hilly or mountainous (see Bieszczady, Beskidy); its northwestern corner is flat. It is one of the most wooded Polish voivodeships (35.9% of total area), within its borders is the entirety of Bieszczady National Park, and parts of Magura National Park.