Flags of Polish voivodeships
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Flag
A flag is a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is usually rectangular and used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.The first flags were used to assist...

s of the voivodeships
Voivodeships of Poland
The voivodeship, or province, called in Polish województwo , has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century....

(first-level sudivisions) of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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English name
Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

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Design
Flag of the Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

 
Wielkopolskie
Trapezoid
Trapezoid
In Euclidean geometry, a convex quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides is referred to as a trapezoid in American English and as a trapezium in English outside North America. A trapezoid with vertices ABCD is denoted...

 vertical bicolor of red and white emblazoned with the arms of the voivodeship in the red stripe
Flag of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavia-Pomerania
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

 
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Horizontal tricolor of red, white and black (1:2:1)
Flag of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...

 
Małopolskie
Horizontal tricolor of white, yellow and red (2:1:2)
Flag of the Łódź Voivodeship Łódź 
Łódzkie
Five vertical stripes of red and yellow
Flag of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesia
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

 
Dolnośląskie
Yellow emblazoned with a black eagle with a white crescent and a crosslet on its chest
Flag of the Lublin Voivodeship
Flag of the Lublin Voivodeship
The flag of the Lublin Voivodeship is a horizontal tricolor of white, red and yellow in proportions 2:1:2, emblazoned with the coat of arms of the voivodeship....

Lublin
Lublin Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....

 
Lubelskie
Horizontal tricolor of white, red and yellow (2:1:2) emblazoned with the arms of the voivodeship
Flag of the Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz
Lubusz Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

 
Lubuskie
Four horizontal stripes of yellow, white, red and green (2:1:1:2) emblazoned with the arms of the voivodeship
Flag of the Masovian Voivodeship Masovia
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

 
Mazowieckie
Red emblazoned near the hoist with a white eagle with a golden beak and legs
Flag of the Opole Voivodeship Opole
Opole Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...

 
Opolskie
Horizontal bicolor of yellow and blue (2:1) emblazoned with the arms of the voivodehip in the yellow stripe near the hoist
Flag of the Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlachia
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...

 
Podlaskie
Four horizontal stripes of white, red, yellow and blue
Flag of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomerania
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

 
Pomorskie
Yellow emblazoned with a black griffin
Griffin
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle...

 with a red tongue
Flag of the Silesian Voivodeship Silesia
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

 
Śląskie
Horizontal triband of blue and yellow (2:1:2)
Flag of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathia
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

 
Podkarpackie
Vertical triband
Triband
Triband may mean:*Tri band, an electronic device that can operate in three frequency bands*Triband , a flag with three stripes...

 of blue and white (1:2:1) emblazoned with the arms of the voivodehip in the white stripe
Flag of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Świętokrzyskie
Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...

 
Świętokrzyskie
Horizontal tricolor of blue, white and red with a yellow stripe along the hoist, emblazoned with the arms of the voivodeship in the white stripe
Flag of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmia-Masuria
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, or Warmia-Masuria Province , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn...

 
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Trapezoid
Trapezoid
In Euclidean geometry, a convex quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides is referred to as a trapezoid in American English and as a trapezium in English outside North America. A trapezoid with vertices ABCD is denoted...

 red flag bordered white, emblazoned with a white eagle's head in a golden crown and with a golden beak
Flag of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomerania
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

 
Zachodniopomorskie
Vertical triband of white and red (a variant emblazoned with the arms of the voivodeship is also used)

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