Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998)

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Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998) was an administrative region in southwestern Poland that existed during the country’s former voivodeship structure before the 1999 territorial reform.

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Label Occurrences
Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998) canonical 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former voivodeship of Poland
abolishedBy 1999 administrative reform of Poland
administrativeLevel first-level administrative division
borders Czech Republic
Częstochowa Voivodeship
Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998)
Wrocław Voivodeship (1975–1998)
capital Opole
containsCity Brzeg
Głubczyce
Kluczbork
Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Namysłów
Nysa
Olesno
Opole
Prudnik
Strzelce Opolskie
country Poland
divisionType voivodeship
endDate 1998-12-31
establishedDuring 1975 administrative reform of Poland
followedBy Opole Voivodeship
governmentType voivodeship administration
headTitle voivode
historicalRegion Upper Silesia
language Polish
locatedIn southwestern Poland
mapCaption Location of Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998) in Poland
minorityLanguage German
namedAfter city of Opole
partOf Polish People’s Republic
Third Polish Republic
precededBy Opole Voivodeship
surface form: Opole Voivodeship (1950–1975)
reasonForAbolition nationwide territorial reorganization in 1999
replacedBy Opole Voivodeship
startDate 1975-06-01
status abolished administrative unit
subdivisionOf Poland
successorAdministrativeStructure 16-voivodeship system introduced in 1999
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time

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Opole previousVoivodeshipCapitalOf Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998)
Brzeg voivodeshipBefore1999 Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998)