The Lublin Governorate was created in 1837 from the
Lublin Voivodeship, and had the same borders and capital (
Lublin) as the
voivodeship. Its lower levels of administration were also mostly unchanged, although renamed from
obwóds to
powiats. There were ten of those units named after their capital cities:
Biłgorajski,
Chełmski,
Hrubieszowski,
Janowski,
Krasnystawski,
Lubartowski,
Lubelski,
Puławski (from 1842: nowoaleksandryjski),
Tomaszowski and
Zamojski. The Reform of 1844 merged the governorate with
Podlasie Governorate, until the 1867 reform which reversed those changes (although Podlasie Governorate was renamed
Siedlce Governorate). In 1912 some of the territories of the governorate were split off into the newly created
Kholm Governorate. ==Language==