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Pomeranian voivodship since 1999 (1) Pomeranian voivodship (1999-), administrative and local government unit of the Republic of Poland established on January 1, 1999 out of former voivodships of Gdansk, Elblag and Slupsk, as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Pomerania (Pomorze).
Along the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship it spreads along the Baltic coast (on the east). The independent town Gdansk is the center of the voivodeship. It forms a part of the so-called tricity: Sopot, Gdansk, and Gdynia. Narrow Hel PeninsulaPolish Mierzeja Helska is a 35 km long and sand-bar peninsula in northern Poland separating the Bay of Puck from the open Baltic Sea. It is located in the Puck County of Pomeranian Voivodship. Landsat satellite in 2000 The width of the peninsula varies fr belongs to the voivodship. Other well-known tourist destinations: PuckPuck (pronounce: Media:Puck. ogg|['puk]]], German Putzig is a town on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea in Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 12,000 inhabitants. It became a marketplace and a seaport as early as 7th century. It achi, Krynica Morska , UstkaUstka ( Polish: Ustka; German: Stolpmuende), is a town in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with 17,100 inhabitants (2001). Ii is also part of Slupsk County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Slupsk Voivodship (1975-1998)., Jastarnia , Rozewie , or Kuznica with many fishing ports and lighthouses.
(population 2003)