Administrative divisions of Poland

[1] The current system was introduced pursuant to a series of acts passed by the Polish parliament in 1998, and came into effect on 1 January 1999.

The reform created 16 larger voivodeships (largely based on and named after historical regions) and reintroduced powiats.

Similarly, the area around Radom, which historically is part of Lesser Poland, is located in the Masovian Voivodeship.

Poland is currently divided into 16 provinces known as voivodeships (Polish: województwa, singular województwo).

Administrative authority at voivodeship level is shared between a central government-appointed governor, called the voivode (usually a political appointee), an elected assembly called the sejmik, and an executive board (zarząd województwa) chosen by that assembly.