Conventional Long Name: | Kraków Voivodeship |
Nation: | the Polish People's Republic and Republic of Poland |
Subdivision: | Voivodeship |
Date Start: | 1 June |
Year Start: | 1975 |
Date End: | 31 December |
Year End: | 1998 |
P1: | Kraków Voivodeship (1945–1975)Kraków Voivodeship |
P2: | Kraków |
Flag P2: | Flag of Kraków.svg |
S1: | Lesser Poland Voivodeship |
Flag S1: | POL województwo małopolskie flag.svg |
Image Map Caption: | The Kraków Voivodeship within Poland in 1975. |
Capital: | Kraków |
Membership Title1: | Country |
Membership1: | Polish People's Republic (1975–1989)![]() |
Stat Year1: | 1998 |
Stat Area1: | 3254 |
Stat Pop1: | 1 245 000 |
The Kraków Voivodeship, from 1975 to 1984 known as the Kraków Metropolitan Voivodeship, was a voivodeship (province) of the Polish People's Republic from 1975 to 1989, and the Republic of Poland from 1989 to 1998. Its territory included its capital, Kraków and the surrounding municipalities. It was established on 1 June 1975 from the part of the Kraków Voivodeship, and the city of Kraków, which until then acted as a separate administrative division.[1] It existed until 31 December 1998, when it got incorporated into then-established Lesser Poland Voivodeship.[2]