Gmina Zawoja is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Sucha County

Sucha County

Sucha County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sucha Beskidzka, which lies south-west of the regional capital Kraków...

, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, in southern 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...

, on the Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 border. Its seat is the village of Zawoja

Zawoja

Zawoja is a village in Southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County . With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune. It has 6,200 inhabitants and is often mentioned as one of the biggest Polish villages...

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Sucha Beskidzka

Sucha Beskidzka

-Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka:* Billy Wilder* Walery Goetel - geologist and palaeontologist; researcher of geological structure of the Tatra Mountains-Twin towns — sister cities:...

 and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

. The gmina also contains the village of Skawica

Skawica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Skawica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawoja, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately east of Zawoja, south of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village...

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The gmina covers an area of 128.8 square kilometres (49.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,849.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zawoja is bordered by the gminas of Bystra-Sidzina

Gmina Bystra-Sidzina

Gmina Bystra-Sidzina is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bystra; it also contains the village of Sidzina....

, Jabłonka, Koszarawa

Gmina Koszarawa

Gmina Koszarawa is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Koszarawa, part of which forms a separate sołectwo called Koszarawa Bystra....

, Lipnica Wielka

Gmina Lipnica Wielka

Gmina Lipnica Wielka is a rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Lipnica Wielka, which lies approximately west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków...

, Maków Podhalański

Gmina Maków Podhalanski

Gmina Maków Podhalański is an urban-rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Maków Podhalański, which lies approximately east of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006...

 and Stryszawa

Gmina Stryszawa

Gmina Stryszawa is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stryszawa, which lies approximately west of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

. It also borders Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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