Częstochowa is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with
240,027 inhabitants as of June 2009. It has been situated in the Silesian
Voivodeship (administrative division) since 1999, and was previously the
capital of the Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998). However, Częstochowa is
historically part of Lesser Poland, not of Silesia, and before 1795 (see:
Partitions of Poland), it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is
located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is 13th most populous city in
Poland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the
northern part of the
