Wolhynian Voivodship

Volhynian Voivodship (województwo wołyńskie) was one of the 16 voivodships of Poland prior to 1939. Its capital was Łuck. The total area of the voivodship {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="300px" style="margin-left: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"\n| align="center" style="background:#efefef;" colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;" | Województwo wołyńskie\n|-\n| align="center" colspan="2" |\n{| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"\n| align="center" width="300px" | \n|-\n| align="center" style="background:#efefef;" width="300px" | (Coat of Arms)\n|}\n|----\n! colspan="2" | \n|----\n| Historical region\n| Volhynia\n|----\n| Capital\n| Łuck\n|----\n| Population (1931)
Density\n| 2 085 600
58 per km ²\n|----\n| Area\n| 35 754 km²\n|----\n| Ethnical composition (1931)
 - Ukrainians
 - Poles
 - Jews
 - others\n|
1 418 300 (68,0%)
346 600 (16,6%)
(9,9%)
\n|----\n| Administrative division
 - towns
 - powiats
 - communes
 - smaller entities\n|
22
11
103
2743\n|----\n| Major towns\n| Łuck, Dubno, Kowel, Krzemeniec, Ostróg, Równe, Sarny, Włodzimierz\n|----\n| Administrative units
 - preceding
 - following\n|
Halich ruthenia
Volyn region\n|} Population: the majority were Ukrainians (68%), with a minority of Poles (16,6%) and Jews (9,9%). German (2,3%) and Czech (1,5%) settlers also arrived in the 19th century. The religion practiced in the area was primarily Eastern Orthodox Christian. There were also Roman and Byzantine Rite Catholicss as well as adherents of Judiasm and a few Tatars of the Islamic faith. \n