The Upper Silesian Industrial Region ( pl, Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, , Polish abbreviation: ''GOP'' ; german: Oberschlesisches Industriegebiet) is a large

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

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Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian ...

, centered on

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

. It is situated in the northern part of

Upper Silesian Coal Basin The Upper Silesian Coal Basin ( pl, Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe, GZW, cs, Hornoslezská uhelná pánev) is a coal basin in Silesia, in Poland and the Czech Republic.Silesian metropolitan area The Upper Silesian metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in southern Poland and northeastern Czech Republic, centered on the cities of Katowice and Ostrava in Silesia and has around 5 million inhabitants. Located in the three administrati ...

), the southwest border of the

Rybnik Coal Area The Rybnik Coal Area ( pl, Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ''ROW'') is an industrial region in southern Poland.

(Polish: ''Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy'', ROW) and west borders with the Ostrava urban area. Covers 3,200 km² and about 3 million people. The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is located in the province of

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located ...

and

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in southern Poland in a basin between the

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and

Oder The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows thr ...

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,

Kompania Węglowa name = PGG, type = National holding, foundation = 2016, location = Katowice, Poland, key_people = CEO, num_employees = 63,800 (2007), industry = Mining, products = coal, revenue ...

, JSW,

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* Iron and steel industry (more than a dozen active iron and nonferrous metals) * Transport industry (example

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Konstal Alstom Konstal is a company based in Chorzów, Poland producing rail vehicles, in particular metro cars and trams, as well as components for trains. In 1864, the plant was founded as part of the Royal Steelworks in Chorzów and in 1917, it was ...

, Bumar Łabędy) * The

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(more than a dozen plants) * Mechanical engineering * Chemical industry

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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 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 Wo ...

, Katowice 1960 {{Authority control Silesian Voivodeship Economy of Poland

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