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Katowice

Katowice
Śródmieście, Katowice.png Altus i okolice.JPG
Katowice - Silesian Museum 01.jpg Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla ul. Plebiscytowa Katowice.jpg
Katowice - Silesian Theatre 01.jpg Katowice 05.15 Spodek.JPG
  • Left to right: Skyscrapers in city center
  • Panorama of Miasto Katowice

  • Silesian Museum
  • Archcathedral
  • Silesian Theatre
  • Spodek
Flag of Katowice
Flag
Coat of arms of Katowice
Coat of arms
Katowice is located in Poland
Katowice
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 /ˌkætəˈvtsə/ (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.

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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