Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Święty Krzyż Voivodship (Polish: Województwo świętokrzyskie) is an administrative region, or voivodship, of central Poland.
It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Kielce and half of Tarnobrzeg voivodships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's Holy Cross Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie).
The capital is Kielce (population 213,000 in 2000). The voivodship has 1,328,000 residents (2001). The area is 11,672 km².
Major cities and towns: (populations as of 1995):
- Kielce (213,700);
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (79,200);
- Starachowice (57,500);
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (51,400);
- Sandomierz (27,000).
- Końskie (22,300).
Administrative division
- Kielce City County, powiat Kielce (grodzki)
- Busko-Zdrój County, powiat buski, Busko-Zdrój
- Jędrzejów County, powiat jędrzejowski, Jędrzejów
- Kazimierza County, powiat kazimierski, Kazimierza Wielka
- Kielce County, powiat kielecki, Kielce
- Końskie County, powiat konecki, Końskie
- Opatów County, powiat opatowski, Opatów
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, powiat ostrowiecki, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
- Pińczów County, powiat pińczowski, Pińczów
- Sandomierz County, powiat sandomierski, Sandomierz
- Skarżysko-Kamienna County, powiat skarżyski, Skarżysko-Kamienna
- Starachowice County, powiat starachowicki, Starachowice
- Staszów County, powiat staszowski, Staszów
- Włoszczowa County, powiat włoszczowski, Włoszczowa