Katowice | |
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Spodek multipurpose arena Skysrapers in Katowice city centre | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: for a change | |
  Katowice Location of Katowice in the Silesia Province in mid-southern Poland | |
| Coordinates: 50°15′45″N 19°01′18″E / 50.26250°N 19.02167°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Silesian |
| County | city county |
| Established | 16th century – 1598 first official information |
| City rights | 1865 |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Marcin Krupa (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• City | 164.64 km2 (63.57 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,554 km2 (986 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 352 m (1,155 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 266 m (873 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
• City | 286,960  (11th)[1] |
| • Density | 1,780/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,710,397 |
| • Metro | 5,294,000[2] |
| Demonym(s) | katowiczanin (male) katowiczanka (female) (pl) |
| GDP | |
| • Urban | €44.570 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 40-001 to 40–999 |
| Area code | +48 32 |
| Vehicle registration | SK |
| Website | www |
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Katowice[a] is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000.[7] Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union.[8][2]
Katowice was founded as a village in the 16th century, whereas several modern districts of Katowice were founded as villages in the Middle Ages. Throughout the mid-18th century, Katowice grew following the discovery of rich coal reserves in the area. In the first half of the 19th century, intensive industrialization transformed local mills and farms into industrial steelworks, mines, foundries and artisan workshops. The city has since reshaped its economy from a heavy industry-based one to professional services, education and healthcare. The entire metropolitan area is the 16th most economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union with an output amounting to $114.5 billion. Katowice Special Economic Zone is ranked fourth on the list of the TOP10 Global Free Zones.[9]
Katowice has been classified as a Gamma – global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network[10] and is a centre of commerce, business, transportation, and culture in southern Poland, with numerous public companies headquartered in the city or in its suburbs including energy group Tauron and metal industry corporation Fasing, important cultural institutions such as Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, award-winning music festivals such as Off Festival and Tauron New Music, and transportation infrastructure such as Katowice Korfanty Airport. It also hosts the finals of Intel Extreme Masters, an Esports video game tournament. Katowice is also home to several institutions of higher learning, notably the University of Silesia, the Silesian University of Technology and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music. The city is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network having been recognized as a City of Music.[11]
- ^ "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 18 July 2022. Data for territorial unit 2469000.
- ^ a b "Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)" Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion, 2007
- ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Katowice". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Katowice". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Reinhold Olesch, Der Wortschatz der polnischen Mundart von Sankt Annaberg, Berlin, 1958.
- ^ Pifczyk, Szymon. "Ile osób rzeczywiście mieszka w Twoim powiecie". www.kartografia-ekstremalna.pl. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Redefining Global Cities". Brookings Institution. 30 November 2001.
- ^ Global Free Zones of the Year 2023 – fDi Intelligence, 2023
- ^ "The World According to GaWC 2020". GaWC – Research Network. Globalization and World Cities. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Katowice". en.unesco.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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