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powiat
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thumb|Division of Poland into powiats (counties)
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thumb|Division of Poland into powiats (counties)
A powiat (; ) is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1 [formerly NUTS-4]) in other countries. The term "powiat" is most often translated into English as "county" or "district" (sometimes "poviat"). In historical contexts, this may be confusing because the Polish term hrabstwo (an administrative unit administered/owned by a hrabia (count) is also literally translated as "county".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “powiat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.