Editing Second Polish Republic (section)

==Administrative divisions==
{{Main|Administrative division of the Second Polish Republic}}
The administrative division of the Second Republic was based on a three-tier system, referring to the [[administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. On the lowest rung were the ''[[Gmina|gminy]]'', local town and village governments akin to districts or parishes. These were then grouped together into ''[[powiat]]y'' (akin to counties), which, in turn, were grouped as ''województwa'' ([[voivodeship]]s, akin to provinces). This administrative system passed into the modern Third Polish Republic.
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|caption1=Administrative map of Poland (1930)
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|caption2=Administrative Map in 1939 showing April 1938 voivodeship revisions, reclaimed [[Trans-Olza]] and Slovak border changes
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|colspan=6 style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;"|'''Polish voivodeships (1 April 1937)'''
|- style="background:#f7f7f7;"
! [[Car plate]]s<br />(starting 1937)
! Voivodeship<br />or city
! Capital
! Area (1930)<br />in 1,000s&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
! Population (1931)<br />in 1,000s
|-
|align="center"|00–19 ||City of Warsaw ||[[Warsaw]]
|align="right"|0.14 ||align="right"|1,179.5
|-
|align="center"|85–89 ||[[Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–39)|warszawskie]] ||[[Warsaw]]
|align="right"|31.7 ||align="right"|2,460.9
|-
|align="center"|20–24 ||[[Białystok Voivodeship (1919–39)|białostockie]] ||[[Białystok]]
|align="right"|26.0 ||align="right"|1,263.3
|-
|align="center"|25–29 ||[[Kielce Voivodeship (1919–39)|kieleckie]] ||[[Kielce]]
|align="right"|22.2 ||align="right"|2,671.0
|-
|align="center"|30–34 ||[[Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939)|krakowskie]] ||[[Kraków]]
|align="right"|17.6 ||align="right"|2,300.1
|-
|align="center"|35–39 ||[[Lublin Voivodeship (1919–39)|lubelskie]] ||[[Lublin]]
|align="right"|26.6 ||align="right"|2,116.2
|-
|align="center"|40–44 ||[[Lwów Voivodeship|lwowskie]] ||[[Lviv|Lwów]]
|align="right"|28.4 ||align="right"|3,126.3
|-
|align="center"|45–49 ||[[Łódź Voivodeship (1919–39)|łódzkie]] ||[[Łódź]]
|align="right"|20.4 ||align="right"|2,650.1
|-
|align="center"|50–54 ||[[Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–39)|nowogródzkie]] ||[[Novogrudok|Nowogródek]]
|align="right"|23.0 ||align="right"|1,057.2
|-
|align="center"|55–59 ||[[Polesie Voivodeship|poleskie]] (Polesia) ||[[Brest, Belarus|Brześć nad Bugiem]]
|align="right"|36.7 ||align="right"|1,132.2
|-
|align="center"|60–64 ||[[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–39)|pomorskie]] (Pomeranian) ||[[Toruń]]
|align="right"|25.7 ||align="right"|1,884.4
|-
|align="center"|65–69 ||[[Poznań Voivodeship (1921–39)|poznańskie]] ||[[Poznań]]
|align="right"|28.1 ||align="right"|2,339.6
|-
|align="center"|70–74 ||[[Stanisławów Voivodeship|stanisławowskie]] ||[[Ivano-Frankivsk|Stanisławów]]
|align="right"|16.9 ||align="right"|1,480.3
|-
|align="center"|75–79 ||[[Silesian Voivodeship (1920–39)|śląskie]] (Silesian) ||[[Katowice]]
|align="right"|5.1 ||align="right"|1,533.5
|-
|align="center"|80–84 ||[[Tarnopol Voivodeship|tarnopolskie]] ||[[Ternopil|Tarnopol]]
|align="right"|16.5 ||align="right"|1,600.4
|-
|align="center"|90–94 ||[[Wilno Voivodeship (1926–39)|wileńskie]] ||[[Vilnius|Wilno]]
|align="right"|29.0 ||align="right"|1,276.0
|-
|align="center"|95–99 ||[[Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–39)|wołyńskie]] (Volhynian) ||[[Lutsk|Łuck]]
|align="right"|35.7 ||align="right"|2,085.6
|-
|colspan="5"|''The borders of several western and central voivodeships [[Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on 1 April 1938|were revised on 1 April 1938]]''
|}