Katowice Voivodeship

{{Short description|Former unit of administrative division}}

Image:Katowice Voivodship 1975.png

Katowice Voivodeship ({{Langx|pl|województwo katowickie}}) can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:

Katowice Voivodeship (1), initially "Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship" ({{langx|pl|województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie}}), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the years 1946–1975. It was superseded by Katowice Voivodeship (2), Częstochowa Voivodeship, Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, and Opole Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice.

Katowice Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice. The Katowice Special Economic Zone was created on 18 June 1996 "in order to support and advance restructuring processes, as well as to generate employment in the region."{{cite web |url=https://www.invest-ksse.com/about-us-2084 |title=About Us |publisher=Katowice Special Economic Zone |accessdate=24 November 2024}} In a 1995 issue of the journal Habitat Debate, it was reported that two-thirds of the rivers in the voivodeship were below the lowest pollution quality classification and that air pollution was also extremely high, with lead levels up to 13 times the allowable standard being measured.{{cite journal |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Habitat_Debate/pM7CT65Dk6EC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Katowice+Voivodeship%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22Katowice+Voivodeship%22+-wikipedia&printsec=frontcover |title=N/A |journal=Habitat Debate |volume=1 |issue=1 |year=1995 |publisher=UNCHS |page=8 |accessdate=24 November 2024}}

File:POL województwo katowickie COA.svg

==Major cities and towns==

:Population in 1995 in brackets

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• 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)
• Dąbrowa Górnicza (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)
• Racibórz (65,100)
• Będzin (63,100)
• Świętochłowice (59,600)
• Zawiercie (56,300)
• Knurów (44,200)
• Chrzanów (42,100)
• Olkusz (40,500)
• Mikołów (38,900)
• Czeladź (36,600)
• Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600)
• Pszczyna (34,600)
• Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100)
• Rydułtowy (24,100)
• Łaziska Górne (23,000)
• Bieruń (22,100)
• Pyskowice (21,900)
• Trzebinia (20,000)
• Brzeszcze (12,441)

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