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administrative territorial entity of Poland

vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-poland · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Poland at all levels, identify the units a place belongs to, describe their functions and governance, and support data lookups using official registers.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Poland at all levels, identify the units a place belongs to, describe their functions and governance, and support data lookups using official registers.

Any unit in the territorial administration of Poland, from the sixteen voivodeships and their powiats and gminas to sub-municipal units such as dzielnice and osiedla of cities and solectwa of rural gminas, together with villages and statistical units and protected landscape parks; these units are established by Polish law with codes in the national TERYT register and serve local government, statistics and services.

What it is for: Territorial units of Poland.

It can be explain division levels; identify units of a place; describe functions and governance; support register lookups.

Distinguishing features

Three-tier local government

Sub-municipal units

TERYT codes

Statutory basis

What it looks like

Not physical; boundaries on maps.

How it is recognised

Units of Polish territorial administration

Voivodeship, powiat, gmina and sub-units

Historical divisions and church divisions are separate systems

Related models

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administrative territorial entity of Brazil

is related to - sub-municipal units elsewhere

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In practice

Families and kinds

voivodeships

powiats and cities with powiat rights

gminas

dzielnice, osiedla and solectwa

villages and statistical units

Standards and regulation

Polish local government acts

TERYT territorial register

EU statistical NUTS classification

Failure modes and hazards

Outdated boundaries after reforms

Confusing historical and current units

Confusing landscape parks with administrative units

Also called

dzielnicadzielnica of Lublinlandscape park in Polandsołectwoosiedlevillage of Polandclassification of localities and their parts in PolandgromadaCounty districtwater region of Poland

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The division system.

Structure.

Levels

Levels of division.

Levels

Levels.

  1. What are voivodeships, powiats and gminas, and how do dzielnice, osiedla and solectwa fit below them? definition
  2. How do landscape parks and statistical units differ from administrative units? definition

Lookup

Units of a place.

Lookup

Lookup.

  1. Which units does this place belong to, and what are their TERYT codes, according to official registers? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific unit? action
Govern Governance and functions.

Government.

Functions

Functions by level.

Functions

Functions.

  1. What responsibilities do voivodeships, powiats and gminas hold, and how are their councils elected? provenance
  2. How are sub-municipal units governed? provenance

Changes

Boundary changes.

Changes

Changes.

  1. How are units created, merged or renamed, and where are changes published? provenance
  2. Which recent changes are notable? provenance
History History of divisions.

Context.

Reforms

Reforms.

Reforms

Reforms.

  1. How have Polish administrative divisions changed, including the 1975 and 1999 reforms? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Historic

Historical units.

Historic

Historical.

  1. How should historical units be distinguished from current ones in data? action
  2. Which entry fits a historical division? action
Data Data and teaching.

Practice.

Data

Statistical data.

Data

Data.

  1. Which statistical data are published by unit, and how do units map to NUTS? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Polish statistics? action

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the Polish division system be explained to non-specialists? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each level be a separate entry?
  • How should TERYT be linked?
  • How should historical divisions be documented?
Draft as JSON