Podlachia
Sign in to savePodlachia, also known by its Polish name Podlasie (; ; ), is a historical region in north-eastern Poland. Its largest city is Białystok, whereas the historical capital is Drohiczyn.
Key facts
- Settlement.native_name
- Podlasie
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- pl
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical region
- Settlement.image_map
- Podlasie.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Podlachia proper
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL województwo podlaskie IRP COA.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.seat_type
- Former capital
- Settlement.seat
- Drohiczyn
- Settlement.seat1_type
- Largest city
- Settlement.seat1
- Białystok
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
- Settlement.blank_name_sec2
- Highways
- Settlement.blank_info_sec2
- 32px|link=Expressway S8 (Poland) 32px|link=Expressway S61 (Poland)
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Names and etymology
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- History
- Partition and Napoleonic Wars
- Russian rule
- World War I and interbellum
- World War II to present
- Demographics
- Ethnic situation
- Language
- Cities and towns
- Gallery
- References
- Sources
- External links
Podlachia, also known by its Polish name Podlasie (; ; ), is a historical region in north-eastern Poland. Its largest city is Białystok, whereas the historical capital is Drohiczyn.
Similarly to several other historical regions of Poland, e.g. Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Mazovia, Pomerania, Silesia, Warmia, Podlachia possesses its own folk costumes, unique traditional architecture and cuisine. Between 1513 and 1795 it was a voivodeship with the capital in Drohiczyn. Now the part north of the Bug River is included in the modern Podlaskie Voivodeship with the capital in Białystok, whereas southern parts are located in the Masovian and Lublin Voivodeships.