Katowice Voivodship
Katowice Voivodship (
Polish: województwo katowickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in
Poland in years
1975-
1998, superseded by
Silesian Voivodship.
Capital city: Katowice
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Katowice (354,200);
- Sosnowiec (249,000);
- Bytom (227,600);
- Gliwice (214,000);
- Zabrze (201,600);
- Ruda Slaska (166,300);
- Rybnik (144,300);
- Tychy (133,900);
- Dabrowa Gornicza (130,900);
- Chorzow (125,800);
- Jastrzebie-Zdroj (103,500);
- Jaworzno (98,500);
- Myslowice (80,000);
- Siemianowice Slaskie (78,100);
- Wodzislaw Slaski (68,600);
- Tarnowskie Gory (67,200);
- Piekary Slaskie (67,200);
- Zory (66,300);
- Raciborz (65,100);
- Bedzin (63,100);
- Swietochlowice (59,600);
- Zawiercie (56,300);
- Knurow (44,200);
- Chrzanow (42,100);
- Olkusz (40,500);
- Mikolow (38,900);
- Czeladz (36,600);
- Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600);
- Pszczyna (34,600);
- Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100);
- Rydultowy (24,100);
- Laziska Gorne (23,000);
- Bierun (22,100);
- Pyskowice (21,900);
- Trzebinia (20,000).
Katowice Voivodship (2) (
Polish: województwo katowickie) initially
Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodship (województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in
Poland in years
1946-
1975, superseded by Katowice (1),
Czestochowa Voivodship,
Bielsko-Biala Voivodship, and
Opole Voivodship.
Capital city: Katowice
See also