Lower Silesia, Poland

Lower Silesia is one of 16 primary administrative regions in Poland with a population of approximately 2,899,986 people.

Facts and figures on Lower Silesia at a glance

Region name: Lower Silesia (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
Status: Primary administrative region
Population: 2,899,986 people
Country: Poland
Continent: Europe

The regional headquarters of Lower Silesia (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) is located in the regional capital Wroclaw (Wrocław) with a population of 634,893 people.

The distance as the crow flies from Lower Silesia's regional capital Wroclaw to Poland's capital Warsaw (Warsaw) is approximately 303 km (188 mi).

Facts and figures about Lower Silesia
RegionPopulationRegional capitalPopulation
Lower Silesia Lower Silesian Voivodeship2,899,986 peopleWroclaw Wrocław634,893 people

Compare with other regions in Poland.

Map of Lower Silesia

Map of Lower Silesia

Information on Lower Silesia

Information on Lower Silesia
Region nameRegional capitalSubregionsCountryContinent
Lower Silesia Lower Silesian VoivodeshipWroclaw Wrocław30PolandEurope

Time in Lower Silesia

Time in Lower Silesia
Current timeSummer time (DST)Standard timeCurrent timezone offsetTimezone
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 1:25am (01:25h)In effect (+1 hour)Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 12:25am (00:25h)GMT UTC +2.0Europe/Warsaw

Geographic coordinates of Lower Silesia

Latitude & Longitude of Lower Silesia
PositionLatitude (width)Longitude (length)
Show on map51°06'00.0"N (51.1000000°)16°25'60.0"E (16.4333300°)

Subregions in Lower Silesia

There are 30 administrative subregions in Lower Silesia.
Subregions in Lower Silesia
RegionNoPopulationRegional capitalCapital population
Jelenia Gora Jelenia Góra1.80,072--
Legnica Legnica2.100,324--
Powiat boleslawiecki Powiat bolesławiecki3.90,108--
Powiat dzierzoniowski Powiat dzierżoniowski4.101,118--
Powiat glogowski Powiat głogowski5.89,319--
Powiat gorowski Powiat górowski6.35,047--
Powiat jaworski Powiat jaworski7.50,315--
Powiat jeleniogorski Powiat jeleniogórski8.63,639--
Powiat kamiennogorski Powiat kamiennogórski9.43,429--
Powiat klodzki Powiat kłodzki10.158,600--
Powiat legnicki Powiat legnicki11.55,233--
Powiat lubanski Powiat lubański12.54,493--
Powiat lubinski Powiat lubiński13.106,211Lubin Lubin77,532
Powiat lwowecki Powiat lwówecki14.45,975--
Powiat milicki Powiat milicki15.37,003--
Powiat olawski Powiat oławski16.76,723--
Powiat olesnicki Powiat oleśnicki17.107,090--
Powiat polkowicki Powiat polkowicki18.62,948Polkowice Polkowice21,565
Powiat sredzki Powiat średzki19.54,646Sroda Slaska Środa Śląska8,912
Powiat strzelinski Powiat strzeliński20.44,006--
Powiat swidnicki Powiat świdnicki21.157,178Swidnica Świdnica60,351
Powiat trzebnicki Powiat trzebnicki22.85,092--
Powiat walbrzyski Powiat wałbrzyski23.55,820--
Powiat wolowski Powiat wołowski24.46,914--
Powiat wroclawski Powiat wrocławski25.141,337--
Powiat zabkowicki Powiat ząbkowicki26.65,104--
Powiat zgorzelecki Powiat zgorzelecki27.89,612Zgorzelec Zgorzelec33,247
Powiat zlotoryjski Powiat złotoryjski28.43,719--
Walbrzych Wałbrzych29.109,971--
Wroclaw Wrocław30.638,586Wroclaw Wrocław634,893

External sources of information on Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia on Wikipedia