Katowice Voivodeship

Katowice Voivodeship (Polish: województwo katowickie) can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:

Katowice Voivodeship (1), initially "Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship" (Polish: województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the years 1946–1975. It was superseded by Katowice Voivodeship (2), Częstochowa Voivodeship, Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, and Opole Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice.

Katowice Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice.

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995)

• Katowice (354,200);
• Sosnowiec (249,000);
• Bytom (227,600);
• Gliwice (214,000);
• Zabrze (201,600);
• Ruda Śląska (166,300);
• Rybnik (144,300);
• Tychy (133,900);
• Dąbrowa Górnicza (130,900);
• Chorzów (125,800);
• Jastrzębie-Zdrój (103,500);
• Jaworzno (98,500);
• Mysłowice (80,000);
• Siemianowice Śląskie (78,100);
• Wodzisław Śląski (68,600);
• Tarnowskie Góry (67,200);
• Piekary Śląskie (67,200);
• Żory (66,300);
• Racibórz (65,100);
• Będzin (63,100);
• Świętochłowice (59,600);
• Zawiercie (56,300);
• Knurów (44,200);
• Chrzanów (42,100);
• Olkusz (40,500);
• Mikołów (38,900);
• Czeladź (36,600);
• Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600);
• Pszczyna (34,600);
• Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100);
• Rydułtowy (24,100);
• Łaziska Górne (23,000);
• Bieruń (22,100);
• Pyskowice (21,900);
• Trzebinia (20,000);
• Brzeszcze (12,441).

See also

• Voivodeships of Poland

50°15′20″N 19°01′14″E / 50.255583°N 19.020444°E / 50.255583; 19.020444

This Poland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This page was last edited on 11 August 2023, at 17:08