Suwałki County
County in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the present-day Polish county (powiat). For information about the region and its history, see Suwałki and Suwałki Region.
Suwałki County (Polish: powiat suwalski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Suwałki, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county); there are no towns within the county.
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Suwałki County
Powiat suwalski | |
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Coordinates (Suwałki): 54°5′N 22°56′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
Seat | Suwałki |
Gminas | |
Area | |
• Total | 1,307.31 km2 (504.76 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 35,689 |
• Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
Car plates | BSU |
Website | http://www.powiat.suwalski.pl/ |
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The county covers an area of 1,307.31 square kilometres (504.8 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 35,689.[1] It includes the protected area known as Suwałki Landscape Park.