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Upper Silesia
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Key facts
- Countries
- Poland , Czech Republic
- Historical capital
- Opole
- Largest city
- Katowice
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical region
- Part of
- Silesia
- Demonym
- Silesian
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Silesian Voivodeship
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Opole
- Currency
- Czech koruna
- Population
- 5264762
- Area
- 20.373
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Body of water
- Oder
- Highest point
- Praděd
- Patron saint
- Hedwig of Silesia
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- Category:Upper Silesia
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- Upper Silesia
- different from
- Upper Silesia Province
- native label
- Górny Śląsk
- driving side
- right
- ethnic group
- Germans
- language used
- Czech
- P6482
- Upper Silesia
- located in/on physical feature
- Silesia
- P8168
- hardening
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Encyclopedic overview
Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny Śląsk [ˈɡurnɨ ˈɕlɔ̃sk] ; Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; Czech: Horní Slezsko; German: Oberschlesien [ˈoːbɐˌʃleːzi̯ən] ; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Latin: Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heavy industry (mining and metallurgy).
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upper Silesia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.