Editing Lesser Poland (section)

=== Local Government Reorganization Act (1998) ===
[[File:Wojewodztwo slaskie a Slask.png|thumb|220px|Boundary between Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia (red line) on the territory of current Silesian Voivodeship]]
[[File:Krakow - Cloth Hall from Basilica - 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kraków]] is the capital of Lesser Poland]]
[[File:Lublin PanoramaStaregoMiasta.JPG|thumb|[[Lublin]], the second-largest city of Lesser Poland]]
[[File:Częstochowa klasztor Jasna Góra-2162.jpg|thumb|[[Częstochowa]], the third-largest city of Lesser Poland]]
[[File:Kielce bishops palace 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Kielce]], the sixth-largest city of Lesser Poland]]
[[File:Ratusz Bielsko-Biała.JPG|thumb|City hall of [[Bielsko-Biała]], the seventh-largest city of Lesser Poland]]
[[File:Panorama z wieży ratuszowej w Tarnowie - 5.jpg|thumb|[[Tarnów]], the ninth-largest city of Lesser Poland]]
In 1998, the government of Poland carried out administrative reform of the country. For the first time in history, [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship]] was created, with its capital in Kraków, and an area of 15,108 square kilometers. The new province covers only a small, southwestern part of historical Lesser Poland.

Today, Lesser Poland is divided between several voivodeships: whole Lesser Poland Voivodeship, whole [[Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship]], western half of [[Lublin Voivodeship]], western part of [[Subcarpathian Voivodeship]], eastern half of [[Silesian Voivodeship]], southern part of [[Mazovian Voivodeship]] and southeastern corner of [[Łódź Voivodeship]] (around [[Opoczno]]).

There were suggestions that Lesser Poland Voivodeship should stretch from [[Bielsko-Biała]] to [[Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski]] and [[Sandomierz]]. Furthermore, creation of an [[Old Poland Voivodeship]] was proposed, on the historical lands of northern Lesser Poland. Also, since about half of territory of current Silesian Voivodeship belongs to historical Lesser Poland, there are suggestions to rename it into ''Silesian – Lesser Poland Voivodeship''.<ref>[http://www.zachodniamalopolska.republika.pl/ "Poprawna nazwa powinna więc brzmieć: Województwo Śląsko-Małopolskie"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616065127/http://zachodniamalopolska.republika.pl/ |date=16 June 2009 }}</ref>