Podlaskie
province, Poland
Białystok: Branicki palace
Podlaskie, Polish Województwo Podlaskie, województwo (province), northeastern Poland. It is bordered by Lithuania to the north and Belarus to the east, as well as by the Polish provinces of Lubelskie to the south, Mazowieckie to the southwest, and Warmińsko-Mazurskie to the northwest. As one of 16 provinces created in the administrative realignment of 1999, it incorporates portions of the former provinces (1975–98) of Białystok, Łomża, and Suwałki. The provincial capital is Białystok. Area 7,794 square miles (20,187 square km). Pop. (2011) 1,202,365.
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