Country Poland Car plates RPZ Capital Przeworsk | Seat Przeworsk Area 698.4 km² Voivodeship Podkarpackie Voivodeship | |
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Gminas Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)
Przeworsk
Gmina Adamówka
Gmina Gać
Gmina Jawornik Polski
Gmina Kańczuga
Gmina Przeworsk
Gmina Sieniawa
Gmina Tryńcza
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Przeworsk County (Polish: powiat przeworski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Przeworsk, which lies 36 kilometres (22 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The county also contains the towns of Kańczuga, lying 11 km (7 mi) south-west of Przeworsk, and Sieniawa, 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Przeworsk.
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Map of Przeworsk County, Poland
The county covers an area of 698.35 square kilometres (269.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 78,691, out of which the population of Przeworsk is 15,747, that of Kańczuga is 3,211, that of Sieniawa is 2,065, and the rural population is 57,668.
Neighbouring counties
Przeworsk County is bordered by Biłgoraj County to the north, Lubaczów County and Jarosław County to the east, Przemyśl County to the south, Rzeszów County to the south-west, and Łańcut County and Leżajsk County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.