Ruda Śląska
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Ruda Śląska is a city located in the Silesian Voivodeship region of Poland. It is part of the Silesian industrial area in southern Poland, which has historically been an important center for mining and manufacturing.
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Ruda Śląska (German: Ruda O.S.; Silesian: Wielgo Ruda) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a city in the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of two million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica River (tributary of the Oder).
It has been part of the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously, it was in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, part of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Ruda Śląska is one of the cities in the Katowice urban area (population 2.7 million) and within the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area (population 5,294,000). The population of the city is 135,008 (December 2021).