Siemiatycze County

Infobox Settlement
name = Siemiatycze County
native_name = Powiat siemiatycki
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat siemiatycki COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie
area_total_km2 = 1459.58
population_total = 48603
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 17255
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 31348
coor_type = Siemiatycze
latd = 52
latm = 25
lats = 38
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 51
longs = 45
longEW = E
seat = Siemiatycze
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Siemiatycze
p2 = Gmina Drohiczyn
p3 = Gmina Dziadkowice
p4 = Gmina Grodzisk
p5 = Gmina Mielnik
p6 = Gmina Milejczyce
p7 = Gmina Nurzec-Stacja
p8 = Gmina Perlejewo
p9 = Gmina Siemiatycze
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = BSI
website = http://www.siemiatycze.pl __NOTOC__Siemiatycze County ( _pl. powiat siemiatycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Siemiatycze, which lies convert|80|km|mi|0 south of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Drohiczyn, lying convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Siemiatycze.

The county covers an area of convert|1459.58|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 48,603, out of which the population of Siemiatycze is 15,169, that of Drohiczyn is 2,086, and the rural population is 31,348.

Neighbouring counties

Siemiatycze County is bordered by Biała Podlaska County and Łosice County to the south, Siedlce County to the south-west, Sokołów County to the west, Wysokie Mazowieckie County and Bielsk County to the north, and Hajnówka County to the north-east. It also borders Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]