Upper Silesian Industrial Region
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The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is a large industrial region
in Poland
. It lies mainly in the Silesian Voivodeship
, centered around Katowice
.
It is situated in the northern part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin a home of altogether 5 million people (Silesian metropolitan area
), the southwest border of the Rybnik Coal Area
(Polish: Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ROW) and west borders with the Ostrava urban area
. Covers 3,200 km² and about 3,5 million people.
The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is located in the province of Upper Silesia
and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland in a basin between the Vistula
and Oder rivers.
Upper Silesian Industrial Region is an area with enormous concentration of industry. Dominates here:
, Katowice 1960
Industrial region
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in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. It lies mainly in the Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
, centered around Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
.
It is situated in the northern part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin a home of altogether 5 million people (Silesian metropolitan area
Silesian metropolitan area
The Upper Silesian metropolitan area is the metropolitan area in southern Poland and northeast Czech Republic, centered on the cities of Katowice and Ostrava in Silesia...
), the southwest border of the Rybnik Coal Area
Rybnik Coal Area
Rybnik Coal Area is an industrial region in southern Poland. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, in a basin between the Vistula and Oder rivers. Lies on Rybnik Plateau between Katowice on nort and Ostrava on the south-west. Part a Silesian metropolitan area populated by 5,294,000 people...
(Polish: Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ROW) and west borders with the Ostrava urban area
Ostrava metropolitan area
The Ostrava metropolitan area is the metropolitan area with the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic at its center. The Ostrava urban area is the largest urban area in the metropolitan area with a population of 365,000. The metropolitan area roughly corresponds to the administrative...
. Covers 3,200 km² and about 3,5 million people.
The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is located in the province of Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland in a basin between the Vistula
Vistula
The Vistula is the longest and the most important river in Poland, at 1,047 km in length. The watershed area of the Vistula is , of which lies within Poland ....
and Oder rivers.
Upper Silesian Industrial Region is an area with enormous concentration of industry. Dominates here:
- Mining industry (more than a dozen active coal mines, mainly as Katowicki Holding Węglowy and Kompania WęglowaKompania WeglowaKompania Węglowa is the largest coal mining company in Poland and Europe producing around 48 million tonnes of coal every year, from 23 mines....
) - Iron and steel industry (more than a dozen active iron and nonferrous metals)
- Transport industry (example General MotorsGeneral MotorsGeneral Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
Manufacturing Poland and Fiat Auto Poland, Konstal, Bumar Łabędy) - The energy industry (more than a dozen power plants and power plants)
- Mechanical engineering
- Chemical industry
See also
- Upper Silesian Metropolis
- Rybnik Coal AreaRybnik Coal AreaRybnik Coal Area is an industrial region in southern Poland. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, in a basin between the Vistula and Oder rivers. Lies on Rybnik Plateau between Katowice on nort and Ostrava on the south-west. Part a Silesian metropolitan area populated by 5,294,000 people...
Literature
"Katowice i Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy" - Krystyna Szaraniec & Lech Szaraniec & Karol Szarowski, Katowickie Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne, Katowice 1980 "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy: liczby, fakty, problemy" - Marek Grabania, Wydawnictwo Śląsk, Katowice 1964 "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy w świetle nowych opracowań zachodnioniemieckich" - Marian Frank, Silesian Institute in KatowiceSilesian Institute in Katowice
The Silesian Institute in Katowice was a regional scientific organization collecting local information about Polish region of Silesia, working in Katowice in years 1934-1939 and 1945-1949, and during the Nazi occupation of Poland, during World War II as an underground movement in Warsaw, Kraków...
, Katowice 1960