Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)

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Nowogródek Voivodeship in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Nowogródek Voivodeship in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Nowogródek Voivodeship (red) in 17th century
Nowogródek Voivodeship (red) in 17th century

Nowogródek Voivodeship (Polish: województwo nowogródzkie, Belarusian: Навагрудзкае вайводзтва) was a unit of administrative division of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1507) and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (from 1569) with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Belarus).

It was divided into three powiats (Nowogródek, Wołkowysk, and Słonim) and well as the Duchy of Słuck. It had two senators, two deputies for Sejm and two deputies for the Lithuanian Tribunal.

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