Upper Silesian Industry Area

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Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union (central part of the Upper Silesian Industry Area). The towns of Będzin, Czeladź and Knurów are in white, because they were not permitted to join the union since, unlike the other 14 localities, they are not counties.
Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union (central part of the Upper Silesian Industry Area). The towns of Będzin, Czeladź and Knurów are in white, because they were not permitted to join the union since, unlike the other 14 localities, they are not counties.

Upper Silesian Industry Area (Polish: Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, GOP) is a conurbation in Silesia, Poland, centered around Katowice in the Silesian Voivodeship.

Upper Silesian Industry Area with its 2.8 million population and Rybnik Coal Area (Polish: Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ROW) with its 0.7 million population both lie within the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, a home of altogether 3,487,000 people.

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Upper Silesian Industry Area is located in the historical region of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland in a basin between the Vistula and Oder rivers.

City Population Area in km²
Katowice 334 200 164.6
Sosnowiec 236 300 91.26
Gliwice 199 086 134.2
Bytom 198 200 69.32
Zabrze 195 400 80.47
Ruda Śląska 149 000 77.7
Tychy 130 700 82.63
Dąbrowa Górnicza 129 800 188
Chorzów 119 400 33.5
Jaworzno 96 000 152.2
Mysłowice 78 300 66
Siemianowice Śląskie 75 700 25.5
Piekary Śląskie 64 600 39.6
Będzin 58 600 37.2
Świętochłowice 55 527 13.22
Knurów 42 000 34.2
Czeladź 35 200 17
Total 2 143 000 1304


Suburbs Population Area
Tarnowskie Góry 61 642 82,47 km²
Czerwionka-Leszczyny 41 068 115,65 km²
Mikołów 28 460 18,07 km²
Łaziska Górne 21 768 20,2 km²
Bieruń 19 724 40,31 km²
Pyskowice 18 717 31,14 km²
Orzesze 18 667 85 km²
Radzionków 17 300 13,14 km²
Lędziny 15 946 31,04 km²
Toszek 10 547 98,53 km²
Wojkowice 9 670 12,78 km²
Imielin 7 650 28,04 km²
Miasteczko Śląskie 7 585 68,3 km²
Sławków 6 770 36,6 km²
Total 285 464 681,27 km²

See:Katowice#Transport


Coordinates: 50°15′N 19°00′E

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