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The Upper Silesian Industrial Region, (Polish: Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, GOP) is a industrial area in Upper Silesia and western Lesser Poland, Poland, centered around Katowice in the Silesian Voivodeship.

The Upper Silesian Industrial Region, with 3 million people, the Rybnik Coal Area (Polish: Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ROW) with its 0.7 million population and the Ostrava urban area lie within the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, home to approximately 5 million people (see also: Silesian metropolitan area).

Geography

Location

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.

Main cities

City	Population	Area in km²
Katowice	314 500	164.6
Sosnowiec	233 284	91.26
Gliwice	205 086	134.2
Bytom	200 234	69.32
Zabrze	195 400	80.47
Ruda Śląska	145 470	77.7
Tychy	135 700	82.63
Dąbrowa Górnicza	130 560	188
Chorzów	114 686	33.5
Jaworzno	100 000	152.2
Mysłowice	78 300	66
Siemianowice Śląskie	75 700	25.5
Piekary Śląskie	64 600	39.6
Będzin	58 600	37.2
Świętochłowice	55 527	13.22
Knurów	42 000	34.2
Czeladź	35 200	17
Total	2 143 000	1304

External links

Google Map of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region

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-[[Image:Górnośląski Związek Metropolitalny.svg|thumb|right|300px|Central part of the Upper Silesian Industry Area - [[Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union|Upper Silesian metropolis]]]]
+[[Image:Górnośląski Związek Metropolitalny.svg|thumb|right|300px|Central part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region - [[Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia]]]]
-'''Upper Silesian Industry Area''' (Upper Silesian Industrial Region), ({{lang-pl|Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy}}, GOP) is a industrial area in [[Upper Silesia]] and western [[Lesser Poland]], [[Poland]], centered around [[Katowice]] in the [[Silesian Voivodeship]].
+The '''Upper Silesian Industrial Region''', ({{lang-pl|Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy}}, GOP) is a [[industrial area]] in [[Upper Silesia]] and western [[Lesser Poland]], [[Poland]], centered around [[Katowice]] in the [[Silesian Voivodeship]].
-Upper Silesian Industry Area with its 3 million population together [[Rybnik Coal Area]] (Polish: ''Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy'', ROW) with its 0.7 million population and [[Ostrava metropolitan area|Ostrava urban area]] lie within the [[Upper Silesian Coal Basin]], a home of altogether 5 mln people ([[Silesian metropolitan area]]).
+The Upper Silesian Industrial Region, with 3 million people, the [[Rybnik Coal Area]] (Polish: ''Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy'', ROW) with its 0.7 million population and the [[Ostrava metropolitan area|Ostrava urban area]] lie within the [[Upper Silesian Coal Basin]], home to approximately 5 million people (see also: [[Silesian metropolitan area]]).
 ==Geography==
 ===Location===
+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 River|Oder]] rivers.
-[[Image:SejmSlaski.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Katowice, [[Silesian Parliament]]]]
-Upper Silesian Industry Area is located in the historical region of [[Upper Silesia]] and [[Zagłębie Dąbrowskie]] in southern Poland in a basin between the [[Vistula]] and [[Oder River|Oder]] rivers.
 ===Main cities===
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 |'''Total'''||2&nbsp;143&nbsp;000||1304
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-===Notable suburbs===
-<br clear="all">
-<table border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center">
-<tr><th>Suburbs<th>[[Population]]<th>[[Area]]
-<tr><td>[[Tarnowskie Góry]]<td align=right>61&nbsp;642<td>82,47&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Czerwionka-Leszczyny]]<td align=right>41&nbsp;068<td>115,65&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Mikołów]]<td align=right>28&nbsp;460<td>18,07&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Łaziska Górne]]<td align=right>21&nbsp;768<td>20,2&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Bieruń]]<td align=right>19&nbsp;724<td>40,31&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Pyskowice]]<td align=right>18&nbsp;717<td>31,14&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Orzesze]]<td align=right>18&nbsp;667<td>85&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Radzionków]]<td align=right>17&nbsp;300<td>13,14&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Lędziny]]<td align=right>15&nbsp;946<td>31,04&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Gmina Toszek|Toszek]]<td align=right>10&nbsp;547<td>98,53&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Wojkowice]]<td align=right>9&nbsp;670<td>12,78&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Imielin]]<td align=right>7&nbsp;650<td>28,04&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Miasteczko Śląskie]]<td align=right>7&nbsp;585<td>68,3&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>[[Sławków]]<td align=right>6&nbsp;770<td>36,6&nbsp;km²
-<tr><td>'''Total'''<td align=right>285&nbsp;464<td>681,27&nbsp;km²
-</table>
-==Transport==
-===Public Transport===
-[[Image:KatowiceSilesianInterurbans.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tramway Katowice - Chorzów - Bytom]]
-The mass transit system of the area consists of four branches -- [[bus]]es, [[tram]]s, [[trolleybus]]es and the [[regional rail]] united in the [[KZK GOP]]. Additional services are operated by private companies and the state-owned railways.
-;Trams
-[[Silesian Interurbans]] - one of the largest [[tram]] systems in the World, in existence since 1894. The system spreads for more than 50 kilometres (east-west) and covers thirteen districts: Katowice, Będzin, Bytom, Chorzów, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Mysłowice, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Sosnowiec, Świętochłowice, and Zabrze.
-===Roads===
-*[[A1 (Poland)|Motorway A1 (Poland)]] ([[Czech republic|Czech]] - '''[[Gliwice|GLIWICE]]''' - [[Tricity]] / [[Baltic Sea]])
-*[[A4 (Poland)|Motorway A4 (Poland)]] ([[Germany]] - '''[[Katowice|KATOWICE]]''' - [[Ukraine]])
-*[[European route E40]] ([[France]] - [[Belgium]] - [[Germany]] - '''KATOWICE''' - [[Ukraine]] - [[Russia]] - [[Uzbekistan]] - [[Kazakhstan]])
-*[[European route E75]] ([[Norway]] - [[Finland]] - '''KATOWICE''' - [[Slovakia]] - [[Hungary]] - [[Serbia]] - [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] - [[Croatia]] - [[Crete]])
-*[[European route E462]] ([[Czech Republic]] - '''KATOWICE''')
-===Airports===
-The area is served by the [[Katowice International Airport]], located some 30 [[kilometre|km]] from the center of [[Katowice]]. With over 20 international and domestic flights daily, it is by far the biggest airport in Silesia (1.4 million passengers served in 2006; a new passenger terminal is currently being constructed).
-Because of the long commute to the airport, there is a proposal to convert the much nearer sport aviation-serving [[Katowice-Muchowiec Airport]] into a so-called city airport, a second international airport for smaller, business-oriented traffic.
-===Railway===
-;Standard gauge railway
-The first railroad reached this area in 1846 (the Upper Silesia Railway, in [[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Kolej Górnośląska''; in [[German language|German]]: ''Oberschlesische Eisenbahn''). Nowadays Metropolis Katowice is one of the main railway nodes and exchange points in Silesia and in Poland. Cheap and fairly efficient, the [[Polskie Koleje Państwowe]] (Polish State-Owned Railways) in the area of the proposed union constitute one of the main transport hubs in Poland (the most important one being [[Warsaw]]).
-The main railroad station is [[Katowice Central station]]. Both the domestic and the international connections run from there to almost every major city in Poland and Europe.
-;Broad gauge railway
-[[Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa]] (known by its acronym ''LHS'', [[English language|English:]] ''Broad gauge metallurgy line'') is the longest [[broad gauge]] railway line in [[Poland]]. Except for this one line, and a few very short stretches near border crossings, Poland uses the [[standard gauge]] for its railways, unlike [[Russia]] and the other former countries of the [[Soviet Union]].  The line runs on a single track for almost 400&nbsp;km from the Polish-[[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] border, crossing it just east of [[Hrubieszów]], to [[Sławków]] (one of the suburbs of the proposed union). It is used only for freight transport, mainly iron ore and coal. It is the westernmost broad gauge railway line in Europe that is connected to the broad gauge rail system of the countries which before 1991 constituted the Soviet Union. The line is managed by [[PKP LHS|PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa Spólka z o.o.]] company. Previous name of this line was ''Linia Hutniczo Siarkowa'' ({{lang-en|Metallurgy - Sulfur Line}}), but after sulfur ceased to be transported on the line its name was changed.
-===Water Transport===
-Upper Silesian Industry Area also has several canals, including the [[Gliwice Canal]] (pl:Kanal Gliwicki) which links [[Gliwice Harbour]] to the Oder River and thus to the waterway network across much of Germany and to the Baltic Sea.
-[[Klodnica Canal]] (pl: Kanal Klodnicki) is no longer used to transport goods, but it is popular with leisure cruisers.
 ==See also==
+*[[Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia]]
-*[[Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union]]
 *[[Rybnik Coal Area]]
 ==External links==
-*[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.254340,19.018021&spn=0.1,0.1&t=k&hl=en Google Map of the Upper Silesian Industry Area]
+*[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.254340,19.018021&spn=0.1,0.1&t=k&hl=en Google Map of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region]
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