Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)
| Kielce Voivodeship Województwo kieleckie | |||||||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Poland | |||||||||||||
| 1919–1939 | |||||||||||||
Location of the Kielce Voivodeship (red) within the Second Polish Republic, 1938. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Kielce | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• 1921 | 25,741 km2 (9,939 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
• 1939 | 22,204 km2 (8,573 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1921 | 2,535,898 | ||||||||||||
• 1931 | 2,935,697 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Type | Voivodeship | ||||||||||||
| Voivode | |||||||||||||
• 1919–1923 | Stanisław Franciszek Pękosławski | ||||||||||||
• 1934–1939 | Władysław Dziadosz | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 14 August 1919 | ||||||||||||
| 1 April 1938 | |||||||||||||
• Annexed by Germany | September 1939 | ||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 18 powiats | ||||||||||||
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Kielce Voivodeship (Polish: województwo kieleckie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Second Polish Republic during the years 1921–1939. At the time, it covered the northern counties of the historic province of Lesser Poland, including the cities of Radom, Częstochowa and Sosnowiec. On 1 April 1938, its borders changed (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on 1 April 1938). Its capital city was Kielce.