voivData: Data on Polish voivodships
In mbojan/mapoland: Maps of Poland for data visualization and graphics

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Some extra data on Polish voivodships.

A data frame with 16 observations on the following 4 variables.

teryt: numeric, area code from "TERYT": official Polish area classification
area: numeric, area in square kilometers
perimeter: numeric, voivodship perimeter in #' kilometers
pop2001: numeric, voivodship population in 2001

Official statistics: http://www.stat.gov.pl TERYT database: http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/index.jspa

if( require(sp) ) {
# areas of voivodships
a <- structure( voivData$area, names=rownames(voivData))
s <- getShape("voiv")
k <- coordinates(s)
# colors
x <- a - min(a)
kol <- x / max(x)
plot(s, col=gray(kol))
text( coordinates(s), labels=voivNames(), col=gray((1-kol)>.5),
    cex=.8)
}