Gmina Kargowa is an urban-rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Zielona Góra County

Zielona Góra County

Zielona Góra County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Zielona Góra, although the city...

, Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, in western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the town of Kargowa

Kargowa

Kargowa is a town in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,663 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-east of Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

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The gmina covers an area of 128.47 square kilometres (49.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,752 (out of which the population of Kargowa amounts to 3,641, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,111).

Villages

Apart from the town of Kargowa, Gmina Kargowa contains the villages and settlements of Chwalim

Chwalim

Chwalim is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Kargowa and north-east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Dąbrówka

Dabrówka, Lubusz Voivodeship

Dąbrówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Kaliska

Kaliska, Lubusz Voivodeship

Kaliska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Karszyn

Karszyn

Karszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south of Kargowa and north-east of Zielona Góra.The village has a population of 330....

, Nowy Jaromierz

Nowy Jaromierz

Nowy Jaromierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Kargowa and east of Zielona Góra.The village has a population of 70.-References:...

, Obra Dolna

Obra Dolna

Obra Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Przeszkoda

Przeszkoda, Lubusz Voivodeship

Przeszkoda is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Smolno Małe, Smolno Wielkie

Smolno Wielkie

Smolno Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.The village has an approximate population of 760....

, Stary Jaromierz

Stary Jaromierz

Stary Jaromierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Szarki

Szarki, Lubusz Voivodeship

Szarki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

 and Wojnowo

Wojnowo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Wojnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kargowa, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kargowa and north-east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kargowa is bordered by the gminas of Babimost

Gmina Babimost

Gmina Babimost is an urban-rural gmina in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Babimost, which lies approximately north-east of Zielona Góra....

, Bojadła, Kolsko

Gmina Kolsko

Gmina Kolsko is a rural gmina in Nowa Sól County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Kolsko, which lies approximately north-east of Nowa Sól and east of Zielona Góra....

, Siedlec

Gmina Siedlec

Gmina Siedlec is a rural gmina in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Siedlec, which lies approximately west of Wolsztyn and south-west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Sulechów

Gmina Sulechów

Gmina Sulechów is an urban-rural gmina in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Sulechów, which lies approximately north-east of Zielona Góra....

, Trzebiechów

Gmina Trzebiechów

Gmina Trzebiechów is a rural gmina in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Trzebiechów, which lies approximately north-east of Zielona Góra....

 and Wolsztyn

Gmina Wolsztyn

Gmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań....

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