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Tarnowskie Góry
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town in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland
Tarnowskie Góry is a town located in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is historically significant as a center of mining and industrial activity in the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Official name
- Tarnowskie Góry
- Demonym
- tarnogórzanka
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Tarnowskie Góry county
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 61288
- Area
- 83.88
- Elevation
- 320
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Tarnowskie Góry county
- Shares border with
- Gmina Zbrosławice
- Official website
- www.tarnowskiegory.pl
- Image
- Tarnowskie Góry.jpg
- Licence plate code
- STA
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- postal code
- 42-603
- twinned administrative body
- Kutná Hora
- Commons category
- Tarnowskie Góry
- topic's main category
- Category:Tarnowskie Góry
- Commons gallery
- Tarnowskie Góry
- native label
- Tarnowskie Góry
- P8168
- William Eagle Clarke
- P6482
- Tarnowskie Góry
- male population
- 29442
- female population
- 31846
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Encyclopedic overview
Tarnowskie Góry ( Polish: [tarˈnɔfskjɛ ˈɡurɨ] ; German: Tarnowitz; Silesian: Tarnowske Gōry) is a city in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice and seat city of Tarnowskie Góry County Located in the north of the Metropolis GZM, a megalopolis, the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 61,842 (2021) making it one of the biggest towns in Poland. As of 1999, it is part of Silesian Voivodeship, previously Katowice Voivodeship.
The Historic Silver Mine of Tarnowskie Góry, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is located in the town.
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