Editing Lesser Poland Voivodeship (section)

{{short description|Province of Poland}}
{{Infobox state
| name               = Lesser Poland Voivodeship
| native_name        = Województwo małopolskie
| native_name_lang   = pl
| settlement_type    = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| image_blank_emblem = Malopolska.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = [[Brandmark]]
| blank_emblem_size  = 120px
| image_flag         = POL województwo małopolskie 1 flag.svg
| image_shield       = POL województwo małopolskie COA.svg
| image_map          = File:Lesser Poland in Poland (+rivers).svg
| map_caption        = Location within Poland
| image_map1         = POL województwo małopolskie map marked.svg
| map_caption1       = Division into counties
| coordinates        = {{coord|50|3|41|N|19|56|18|E|region:PL-MA_type:adm1st|display=title,inline}}
| coor_pinpoint      = Kraków
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{POL}}
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Kraków]]
| parts_type         = [[Powiat|Counties]]
| parts              = 3 cities, 19 land counties *
| governing_body     = [[Voivodeship executive board|Executive board]]
| leader_title1      = [[Voivodes of Poland (since 1999)|Voivode]]
| leader_name1       = [[Krzysztof Klęczar]] ([[Polish People's Party|PSL]])
| leader_title2      = [[Voivodeship marshal|Marshal]]
| leader_name2       = [[Łukasz Smółka]] ([[Law and Justice|PiS]])
| leader_title3      = [[European Parliament|EP]]
| leader_name3       = [[Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie (European Parliament constituency)|Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie]]
| total_type         = Total
| area_total_km2     = 15108
| population_total   = 3404863
| population_as_of   = 2019
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban   = 1641189
| population_blank1_title = Rural
| population_blank1  = 1763674
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00003/default/table?lang=en | title=EU regions by GDP, Eurostat|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = €60.275 billion (2023)
| demographics1_title2 = Per capita
| demographics1_info2 = €18,200 (2023)
| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.888<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/POL/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0&years=2019 |title=Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI |website=Global Data Lab |language=en |access-date=2021-12-13 |publisher=[[Radboud University Nijmegen]] }}</ref><br/>{{color|green|very high}} · [[List of Polish voivodeships by Human Development Index|3rd]]
| blank1_name_sec2   = Primary airport
| blank1_info_sec2   = [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport]]
| blank2_name_sec2   = [[Highways in Poland|Highways]]
| blank2_info_sec2   = [[File:A4-PL.svg|32px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]] [[File:S7-PL.svg|32px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]
| website            = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes          = * further divided into 182 [[gmina]]s
| p1                 = [[Kraków]]
| p2                 = [[Nowy Sącz]]
| p3                 = [[Tarnów]]
| p4                 = [[Bochnia County]]
| p5                 = [[Brzesko County]]
| p6                 = [[Chrzanów County]]
| p7                 = [[Dąbrowa County]]
| p8                 = [[Gorlice County]]
| p9                 = [[Kraków County]]
| p10                = [[Limanowa County]]
| p11                = [[Miechów County]]
| p12                = [[Myślenice County]]
| p13                = [[Nowy Sącz County]]
| p14                = [[Nowy Targ County]]
| p15                = [[Olkusz County]]
| p16                = [[Oświęcim County]]
| p17                = [[Proszowice County]]
| p18                = [[Sucha County]]
| p19                = [[Tarnów County]]
| p20                = [[Tatra County]]
| p21                = [[Wadowice County]]
| p22                = [[Wieliczka County]]
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:PL|PL-12]]
| registration_plate = [[Polish car number plates|K]]
}}
'''Lesser Poland Voivodeship''' ({{langx|pl|województwo małopolskie}} {{IPA|pl|vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ mawɔˈpɔlskʲɛ||LL-Q809 (pol)-KaMan-województwo małopolskie.wav}}) is a [[voivodeships of Poland|voivodeship]] in southern [[Poland]]. It has an area of {{convert|15108|km2|sqmi|0}}, and a population of 3,404,863 (2019).<ref name="population">{{Cite web|last=GUS|title=Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June|url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/population-size-and-structure-and-vital-statistics-in-poland-by-territorial-division-in-2019-as-of-30th-june,3,26.html|access-date=2020-09-11|publisher=stat.gov.pl|language=en}}</ref> 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: {{lang|pl|[[Małopolska]]}}. The current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only a small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region, which stretched far 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]] ({{lang|pl|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 mountains|Tatra]], [[Pieniny Mountains|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 Region]]s) 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 Frederic Chopin Airport|Warsaw]]'s), the [[John Paul II International Airport]].