Lesser Poland Voivodeship

This article is about the present-day regional subdivision of Poland. For information on the general historical region to which it roughly corresponds, see Lesser Poland.

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Województwo małopolskie
Voivodeship
Flag Coat of arms Brandmark
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Coordinates (Kraków): 50°3′41″N 19°56′18″E
Country	Poland
Capital	Kraków
Counties	3 cities, 19 land counties * Kraków Nowy Sącz Tarnów Bochnia County Brzesko County Chrzanów County Dąbrowa County Gorlice County Kraków County Limanowa County Miechów County Myślenice County Nowy Sącz County Nowy Targ County Olkusz County Oświęcim County Proszowice County Sucha County Tarnów County Tatra County Wadowice County Wieliczka County
Government
• Body	Lesser Poland Voivodeship executive board
• Voivode	Krzysztof Klęczar (PSL)
• Marshal	Łukasz Smółka (PiS)
• EP	Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie
Area
• Total	15,108 km2 (5,833 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	3,404,863
• Density	225.37/km2 (583.70/sq mi)
• Urban	1,641,189
• Rural	1,763,674
GDP
• Total	€69.015 billion (2024)
• Per capita	€20,794 (2024)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	PL-12
Vehicle registration	K
HDI (2023)	0.924 very high · 3rd
Primary airport	Kraków John Paul II International Airport
Highways
Website	www.malopolska.pl
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Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Polish: województwo małopolskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ mawɔˈpɔlskʲɛ] ^ⓘ) is a voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of 15,108 square kilometres (5,833 sq mi), and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków.

The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: Małopolska. The current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only a small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region, which stretched farther north, to Radom and Siedlce, also including such cities as Lublin, Kielce, Częstochowa, and Sosnowiec.

The province is bounded on the north by the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie), on the west by Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska (a broad range of hills stretching from Kraków to Częstochowa), and on the south by the Tatra, Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains. Politically, it is bordered by Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north, Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the east, and Slovakia (Prešov Region and Žilina Regions) to the south.

Almost all of Lesser Poland lies in the Vistula River catchment area. The city of Kraków was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000. Kraków has railway and road connections with Katowice (expressway), Warsaw, Wrocław and Rzeszów. It lies at the crossroads of major international routes linking Dresden with Kyiv, and Gdańsk with Budapest. Located here is the second largest international airport in Poland (after Warsaw's), the John Paul II International Airport.