Katowice : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Katowice

Country

Poland

Voivodeship

Silesian

County

city county

Established

16th century

City rights

1865

Government

Mayor

Piotr Uszok

Geography

Total Area

63.6 sq mi (164.67 km2)

Highest Elevation

1154.9 ft (352 m)

Lowest Elevation

872.7 ft (266 m)

Demography

Total Population

308724 (2009)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

Urban (pop.)

2746000

Metro (pop.)

4676983

Other information

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

40-001 to 40-999

Area code

+48 32

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Katowice c-plAUDPl-Katowice.oggkato'wice ( , , ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers (tributaries of the Oder and the Vistula respectively). Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km (31.1 mi) north of the Silesian Beskids (part of the Carpathian Mountains) and about 100 km (62.1 mi) southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.

It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2 million. Katowice is the center of science, culture, industry, business and transportation in southern Poland. It is the main city in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region and of the 2,7 million conurbation, the Katowice urban area, within a Silesian metropolitan area populated by 4,676,983

people.

Katowice has been the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously, it was the capital of the Katowice Voivodeship, before then, of the Silesian Voivodeship and before then Province of Upper Silesia in Germany.