| Gmina Maków Podhalański Maków Podhalański Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Maków Podhalański): 49°43′50″N19°40′51″E / 49.73056°N 19.68083°E Coordinates: 49°43′50″N19°40′51″E / 49.73056°N 19.68083°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland | |
| County | Sucha | |
| Seat | Maków Podhalański | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 108.94 km2 (42.06 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 15,873 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 5,738 | |
| • Rural | 10,135 | |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20071225105612/http://www.makow-podhalanski.um.pl/ | |
Gmina Maków Podhalański is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Maków Podhalański, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Sucha Beskidzka and 42 km (26 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Sucha County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sucha Beskidzka, which lies 44 kilometres (27 mi) south-west of the voivodeship capital Kraków. The county also contains the towns of Maków Podhalański, lying 7 km (4 mi) east of Sucha Beskidzka, and Jordanów, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Sucha Beskidzka.
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province, also known as Małopolska Voivodeship or Małopolska Province, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of 15,108 square kilometres (5,833 sq mi), and a population of 3,267,731 (2006).
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The gmina covers an area of 108.94 square kilometres (42.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,873 (out of which the population of Maków Podhalański amounts to 5,738, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,135).
