Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939)

Kraków Voivodeship
Województwo krakowskie
Voivodeship of Poland
1920–1939

Location of the Kraków Voivodeship (red)
within the Second Polish Republic, 1938.
CapitalKraków
Area 
• 1921
17,448 km2 (6,737 sq mi)
• 1939
17,560 km2 (6,780 sq mi)
Population 
• 1921
1,992,810
• 1931
2,300,100
Government
 • TypeVoivodeship
Voivode  
• 1921–1923
Kazimierz Junosza-Gałecki
• 1937–1939
Józef Tymiński
History 
• Established
23 December 1920
• Annexed by Germany
September 1939
Political subdivisions18 powiats
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Province of Upper Silesia
Kraków District

Kraków Voivodeship (Polish: województwo krakowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1919–1939. It occupied a large area of the southern part of the country, including such cities as Kraków, Jaworzno and Tarnów. Its capital city was Kraków.