The State.

Lesser Poland, one of the sixteen voivodeships, Polish districts, to be found in the Republic of Poland, is situated in the southern part of the country and has a population of 3,267,731 as of 2006. 

Also referred to as Malopolska Province, Lesser Poland was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Nowy Sacz, Tarnow, Krakow and parts of the Bielsko-Biala and Katowice voivodeships.

The considerably larger historical region of Lesser Poland is not to be confused with the present day administrative region, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Malopolska Voivodeship. One of the most important historical regions in Poland, Lesser Poland contains the voivodeships Malopolska, Subcarpathia, Swietokrzyskie, Lublin, eastern parts of Silesia, and southern parts of Masovia and Lodz.

Today the voivodeship of Lesser Poland, covers an area of over 15,000 square kilometres, is divided into 19 districts and 3 municipal districts, and contains 57 cities and towns – the largest of which is Krakow.

Institutions.

170,000 students attend 15 institutes of higher education in Krakow alone. The largest of these institutes is Jagiellonian University, with over 44,000 students. Founded in 1364, as the Krakow Academy, it is one of the oldest...

Politics.

Almost 20 years ago Poland regained its independence. In 1989 a democratic system was reintroduced in Poland. After decades of communist regime, several strikes and uprisings, months of martial law, and months of Roundtable...

Geography.

Malopolska province, Lesser Poland, is situated in the centre of Europe and makes up Poland's south. Surrounded from west to east by the voivodeships Silesia, Swietokrzyskie, and Subcarpathia, the province borders Slovakia...

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