Katowice

Katowice
Left to right: Skyscrapers in city center Panorama of Miasto Katowice Silesian Museum Archcathedral Silesian Theatre Spodek
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Katowice
Coordinates: 50°15′N 19°0′E / 50.250°N 19.000°E / 50.250; 19.000
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	city county
Established	16th century - 1598 first official information
City rights	1865
Government
• Mayor	Marcin Krupa
Area
• City	164.67 km2 (63.58 sq mi)
• Metro	5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi)
Highest elevation	352 m (1,155 ft)
Lowest elevation	266 m (873 ft)
Population (31 December 2015)
• City	299,910
• Urban	2,710,397
• Metro	5,294,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	40-001 to 40-999
Area code(s)	+48 32
Vehicle registration	SK
Website	www.katowice.eu

Katowice /ˌkætəˈviːtsə/ (Polish: [katɔˈvʲit͡sɛ]; Silesian: Katowicy, German: Kattowitz, officially Miasto Katowice) is a city in southwestern Poland and the center of the Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 299,910 as of 2015^[update].

Katowice is a center of science, culture, industry, business, trade, and transportation in Upper Silesia and southern Poland, and the main city in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region. Katowice lies within an urban zone, with a population of 2,746,460 according to Eurostat, and also part of the wider Silesian metropolitan area, with a population of 5,294,000 according to the European Spatial Planning Observation Network. Today, Katowice is an emerging metropolis. The whole metropolitan area is the 16th most economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union with an output amounting to $114.5 billion.

Katowice has been the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously it was the capital of the Katowice Voivodeship, the autonomous Silesian Voivodeship in Poland, and the Province of Upper Silesia in Germany.

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