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Katowice (, , , ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. The Katowice metropolitan area has a population of 2.5 million, and is part of a larger Katowice–Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people.
Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and serves as the central hub of a major metropolitan area with 2.5 million residents. With an official population of around 287,000 people, it is part of an even larger cross-border metropolitan region shared with the Czech Republic that encompasses approximately 5 million people.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Katowice
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City county
- Settlement.image_flag
- Katowice Flaga.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Katowice Herb.svg
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Logo Katowice.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Logo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- city county
- Settlement.governing_body
- Katowice City Council
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 16th century – 1598 first official information
- Settlement.established_title2
- City rights
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1865
- Settlement.leader_title
- City mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Katowice
- Demonym
- Katovičanka
- Country
- German Empire
- Located in
- Katowice Voivodeship
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 278090
- Area
- 164.67
- Elevation
- 272
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Mikołów County
- Official website
- www.katowice.eu
- Image
- Katowice Rynek.jpg
- Dialing code
- 32
- Licence plate code
- IK
- Significant event
- 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference
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- P6482
- Katowice
- P8168
- Meymeh
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Katowice
- Commons category
- Katowice
- topic's main category
- Category:Katowice
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- twinned administrative body
- Donetsk
- postal code
- 40-001–40-999
- Commons gallery
- Katowice
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Katowice
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Katowice
- inception
- 1598-00-00
- native label
- Katowice
- different from
- Katovice
- category for honorary citizens of entity
- Category:Honorary citizens of Katowice
- social media followers
- 5633
- male population
- 134884
- female population
- 150827
- P12749
- Hamburg Stadtpark
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