Katowice Voivodship
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Katowice Voivodship (Polish: województwo katowickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodship. Its capital city was Katowice.
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Katowice (354,200);
- Sosnowiec (249,000);
- Bytom (227,600);
- Gliwice (214,000);
- Zabrze (201,600);
- Ruda Śląska (166,300);
- Rybnik (144,300);
- Tychy (133,900);
- Dabrowa Gornicza (130,900);
- Chorzów (125,800);
- Jastrzębie Zdrój (103,500);
- Jaworzno (98,500);
- Mysłowice (80,000);
- Siemianowice Śląskie (78,100);
- Wodzisław Śląski (68,600);
- Tarnowskie Góry (67,200);
- Piekary Śląskie (67,200);
- Żory (66,300);
- Raciborz (65,100);
- Bedzin (63,100);
- Świętochłowice (59,600);
- Zawiercie (56,300);
- Knurow (44,200);
- Chrzanow (42,100);
- Olkusz (40,500);
- Mikolow (38,900);
- Czeladź (36,600);
- Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600);
- Pszczyna (34,600);
- Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100);
- Rydułtowy (24,100);
- Laziska Gorne (23,000);
- Bierun (22,100);
- Pyskowice (21,900);
- Trzebinia (20,000).
Katowice Voivodship (Polish: województwo katowickie), initially Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodship (województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie) was also a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1946 to 1975, superseded by the 1975-1998 Katowice, Czestochowa Voivodship, Bielsko-Biala Voivodship, and Opole Voivodship. Its capital city was also Katowice.
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