Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998)

Gdańsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Gdańsk.

Statistics (1 January 1992):

• Area: 7.400 km²
• Population: 1 431 600 inhabitants
• Population density: 194 inhabitants/km²
• Administrative division: 47 communes
• Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 20

Governors:

• Maciej Płażyński 1990–97

Major cities and towns (population 1995):

• Gdańsk (462 800);
• Gdynia (251 400);
• Tczew (60 600);
• Starogard Gdański (50 600);
• Wejherowo (47 300);
• Sopot (43 700);
• Rumia (40 000);
• Kościerzyna (23 100);
• Pruszcz Gdański (21 200),
• Other towns (population 1980):
  • Kartuzy (12 000);
  • Puck (11 100);
  • Władysławowo (10 600).