Okręg

For the village with this name, see Okręg, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Okręg (plural okręgi ) is a term used in Polish to denote regions and jurisdictions of various types, including electoral constituencies. As historical administrative subdivisions of Poland, okręgi existed in the later part of the Congress Poland period, from 1842, when the name was applied to the former powiats (the name powiat being transferred to the former obwody).^[1] See Administrative division of Congress Poland.

Okręgi were also created temporarily from 1945 to 1946, in the areas annexed to Poland from Germany as a result of the Soviet military advance. An okręg was then subdivided into obwody. These okręgi were later replaced by voivodeships, and the obwody by powiats.^[2]

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Polish terms for country subdivisions

Current	National: voivodeship powiat gmina Urban: dzielnica osiedle Rural: sołectwo

Historical	departament gromada gubernia jurydyka księstwo obwód okręg opole prowincja rejencja starostwo ziemia

See also	Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

Slavic terms for country subdivisions

Current	dzielnica gmina krai kraj krajina / pokrajina městys obec oblast / oblast' / oblasti / oblys / obwód / voblast' okręg okres okrug opština / općina / občina / obshtina osiedle powiat / povit raion selsoviet / silrada sołectwo voivodeship / vojvodina županija

Historical	darugha gromada guberniya / gubernia jurydyka khutor obshchina okolia opole pogost prowincja sorok starostwo / starostva uyezd volost ziemia župa

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Okręg

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