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:''For the historical region, see Lower Silesia.''
'Lower Silesian Voivodeship' (also "'Lower Silesia Province'" — ) is a voivodeship, or province, with its capital at Wrocław, on the middle Odra River, in southwestern Poland. It comprises Lower Silesia, the northwestern part of the historic and geographic region of Silesia.
The province was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act.

Contents

List of cities and towns

Administrative divisions

Tourism

See also

External links

List of cities and towns

The voivodeship has 91 cities and towns, including 3 cities which are city counties. The list below orders them by population and also gives their areas (data as of December 31, 2005):

1. Wrocław - 636 268 2. Wałbrzych - 127 5663. Legnica - 106 143 4. Jelenia Góra - 87 643 5. Lubin - 77 5096. Głogów - 69 3667. Świdnica - 60 5418. Bolesławiec - 41 1179. Oleśnica - 36 96810. Dzierżoniów - 34 87811. Zgorzelec - 33 27812. Bielawa - 32 65213. Oława - 31 07814. Kłodzko - 28 54015. Nowa Ruda - 24 69716. Jawor - 24 47717. Świebodzice - 23 23318. Lubań - 22 39219. Polkowice - 22 29720. Kamienna Góra - 21 67521. Bogatynia - 19 16922. Strzegom - 16 93223. Boguszów-Gorce - 16 81524. Złotoryja - 16 57825. Ząbkowice Śląskie - 16 32626. Jelcz-Laskowice - 15 27127. Chojnów - 14 51028. Brzeg Dolny - 12 89129. Góra - 12 67130. Strzelin - 12 28931. Wołów - 12 26032. Trzebnica - 12 15933. Milicz - 12 11334. Kowary - 11 96535. Syców - 10 76336. Bystrzyca Kłodzka - 10 59437. Kudowa-Zdrój - 10 27438. Lwówek Śląski - 9 80739. Pieszyce - 9 57640. Ziębice - 9 32641. Środa Śląska - 8 76542. Oborniki Śląskie - 8 44043. Chocianów - 8 23244. Gryfów Śląski - 7 20045. Szklarska Poręba - 7 15646. Głuszyca - 7 08347. Polanica-Zdrój - 6 966

48. Twardogóra - 6 86949. Żarów - 6 83650. Piława Górna - 6 81151. Sobótka - 6 72952. Żmigród - 6 63053. Przemków - 6 59054. Lubawka - 6 58055. Piechowice - 6 51856. Lądek-Zdrój - 6 29657. Stronie Śląskie - 6 25358. Ścinawa - 5 97059. Pieńsk - 5 92560. Szczawno-Zdrój - 5 54461. Bolków - 5 43862. Kąty Wrocławskie - 5 39063. Szczytna - 5 28664. Jaworzyna Śląska - 5 21465. Jedlina-Zdrój - 5 15566. Duszniki-Zdrój - 5 15067. Bierutów - 5 11068. Karpacz - 5 10769. Leśna - 4 92970. Olszyna - 4 69771. Mieroszów - 4 58572. Świeradów-Zdrój - 4 57773. Zawidów - 4 44774. Mirsk - 4 20075. Nowogrodziec - 4 05876. Wojcieszów - 4 01477. Siechnice - 3 88778. Prochowice - 3 70979. Niemcza - 3 20180. Węgliniec - 3 12181. Złoty Stok - 2 97282. Bardo - 2 86083. Wąsosz - 2 81484. Międzylesie - 2 77685. Radków - 2 50886. Świerzawa - 2 47487. Międzybórz - 2 343 88. Prusice - 2 21689. Wiązów - 2 20790. Wleń - 1 90291. Lubomierz - 1 812

Administrative divisions

County name	County site	Number of communes	County area (in sq. km)	Population
Jelenia Góra City County	Jelenia Gora	1	109.22	87,017
Legnica City County	Legnica	1	56.29	105,750
Wrocław City County	Wrocław	1	292.82	635,932
Bolesławiec County	Bolesławiec	6	1,303.51	88,341
Dzierżoniów County	Dzierżoniów	7	478.51	105,210
Głogów County	Głogów	6	443.27	87,669
Góra County	Góra	4	738.27	36,607
Jawor County	Jawor	6	581.55	52,210
Jelenia Góra County	Jelenia Góra	9	627.14	63,850
Kamienna Góra County	Kamienna Góra	4	395.72	46,633
Kłodzko County	Kłodzko	14	1,643.30	167,058
Legnica County	Legnica	8	744.08	53,007
Lubań County	Lubań	7	428.30	57,188
Lubin County	Lubin	4	711.62	105,781
Lwówek Śląski County	Lwówek Śląski	5	709.69	48,305
Milicz County	Milicz	3	714.97	36,915
Oleśnica County	Oleśnica	8	1,049.28	103,335
Oława County	Oława	4	524.12	71,103
Polkowice County	Polkowice	6	779.46	61,144
Strzelin County	Strzelin	5	622.08	44,240
Środa Śląska County	Środa Śląska	5	704.14	49,115
Świdnica County	Świdnica	8	741.14	160,675
Trzebnica County	Trzebnica	6	1,024.77	77,172
Wałbrzych County	Wałbrzych	9	514.89	185,399
Wołów County	Wołów	3	674.96	47,539
Wrocław County	Wrocław	9	1,117.69	100,866
Ząbkowice Śląskie County	Ząbkowice Śląskie	7	801.53	69,521
Zgorzelec County	Zgorzelec	7	838.64	94,765
Złotoryja County	Złotoryja	6	575.81	45,885

=== Most popular surnames in the region ===
# Nowak : 13,217
# Kowalski : 9,429
# Wójcik : 7,046

Tourism

Most tourists visit the famous ski resorts in Karkonosze mountains with its centres Szklarska Poręba and Karpacz. The cities of Wrocław, Jelenia Góra and Legnica also are famous for visitors. Town of Kudowa Zdroj, located in the Sudety Mountains, about 35 km west of Kłodzko, by the Czech border is a very well known resort in Europe, popular with tourists with heart problems. Kudowa's origin goes back to the 15th century.

See also

★ Lower Silesia

★ Parszowice

★ Silesia

★ Upper Silesia

External links

★ Województwo Dolnośląskie Official website

★ Website of the government of Lower Silesia

★ Real Estate Real Estate Legal Services