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Coat of Arms of Lubusz
 Lubusz voivodship since 1999 The Lubusz Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubuskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the western part of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Zielona Góra and Gorzów Wielkopolski voivodships as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lubus Land (also Lebus Land or Lubusz Land), a medieval Polish province. However, its borders include also parts of Silesia and Greater Poland.
It borders with the West Pomeranian (Zachodniopomorskie), Greater Poland (Wielkopolskie) and Lower Silesian (Dolnośląskie) voivodships.
This is a swampy area of unspoilt nature, lakes and woodlands. Around Zielona Góra in the southern part of the region there is wine growing. It is a small region in area and in population among the country's sixteen voivodships. Its principal cities are Zielona Góra, Slubice, Kostrzyn and Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Major cities and towns
(population in 2003):
Other communities
Administrative division
The two capitals of this administrative region are:
Zielona Góra and Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Area : 13,985 km²
Population : 1,019,000.
| County name
| County site
| Number of communes
| County area
(in sq. km)
| Population
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| Gorzow Wielkopolski City County
| Gorzow Wielkopolski
| 1
| 77.2
| 125,700
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| Gorzow Wielkopolski County
| Gorzow Wielkopolski
| 7
| 1217.4
| 62,300
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| Krosno Odrzanskie County
| Krosno Odrzanskie
| 7
| 1389.9
| 60,200
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| Miedzyrzecz County
| Miedzyrzecz
| 6
| 1387.8
| 61,000
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| Nowa Sol County
| Nowa Sol
| 11
| 1395.4
| 127,400
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| Slubice County
| Slubice
| 5
| 999.8
| 47,200
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| Strzelce-Drezdenko County
| Strzelce Krajenskie
| 5
| 1248.3
| 51,400
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| Sulecin County
| Sulecin
| 5
| 1177.4
| 35,800
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| Swiebodzin County
| Swiebodzin
| 6
| 937.5
| 57,600
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| Wschowa County
| Wschowa
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| Zielona Gora City County
| Zielona Gora
| 1
| 58.3
| 117,900
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| Zielona Gora County
| Zielona Gora
| 10
| 1570.6
| 85,700
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| Zagan County
| Zagan
| 9
| 1131.3
| 85,700
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| Zary County
| Zary
| 10
| 1393.5
| 102,400
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| Lubusz Voivodship Total
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| 83
| 13,984.4
| 1,020,300
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Most popular surnames in the region
See also
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