Żory

Żory is a city in the in southern with 62,848 inhabitants. It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about 30 kilometres southwest of .
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Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Fire and Żory railway station.

Museum
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Railway station
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is a railway station in Żory, . As of 2012, it is served by PKP Intercity and Silesian Railways.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rudziczka and Rogoźna.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland.

Suburb
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is a district in the south-west of Żory, , southern , built near the provincinal road no. 932…

Suburb
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is a district in southwestern Żory, , southern . The medieval name Ray, meaning "paradise," was later pronounced by locals as Roj. This pronunciation subsequently transformed into , which literally means "swarming ".

Żory

Latitude
50.0455° or 50° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
18.6943° or 18° 41′ 40″ east
Population
61,800
Elevation
251 metres (823 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PL ZOY
Open location code
9F2W2MWV+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1243678001
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3080004
Wiki­data ID
Q393171
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Żory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جوري”
  • Aragonese: “Żory”
  • Basque: “Żory”
  • Belarusian: “Жоры”
  • Bulgarian: “Жори”
  • Cebuano: “Żory (kapital sa powiat)”
  • Cebuano: “Żory”
  • Chechen: “Жоры”
  • Chinese: “Żory”
  • Chinese: “若雷”
  • Czech: “Žárov”
  • Czech: “Žáry”
  • Czech: “Žory”
  • Czech: “Żory”
  • Danish: “Żory”
  • Dutch: “Żory”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زورى”
  • Esperanto: “Żory”
  • Estonian: “Żory”
  • French: “Żory”
  • Galician: “Żory”
  • German: “Sohrau”
  • German: “Żory”
  • Greek: “Ζόρι”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Żory”
  • Hebrew: “צורי”
  • Hindi: “झ़ोरी”
  • Hungarian: “Żory”
  • Indonesian: “Żory”
  • Italian: “Żory”
  • Japanese: “ジョルィ”
  • Javanese: “Żory”
  • Kashmiri: “جوری”
  • Korean: “조리 (폴란드)”
  • Korean: “조리”
  • Latvian: “Žori”
  • Lithuanian: “Žoros”
  • Macedonian: “Жори”
  • Malay: “Zory”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Żory”
  • Persian: “ژوری”
  • Polish: “Żory”
  • Portuguese: “Żory”
  • Quechua: “Żory”
  • Romanian: “Żory”
  • Russian: “Жоры”
  • Serbian: “Жори”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Żory”
  • Silesian: “Žory”
  • Silesian: “Żory”
  • Slovak: “Powiat Żory”
  • Slovak: “Żory”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ژوری”
  • Spanish: “Żory”
  • Swedish: “Żory”
  • Tatar: “Жоры”
  • Thai: “ชอรือ”
  • Turkish: “Zory ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Zory İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Żory ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Żory İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Żory”
  • Ukrainian: “Жори”
  • Urdu: “ژوری”
  • Vietnamese: “Żory”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Żory”
  • “Sohrau”
  • “Zory”
  • “Żory”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Żorzanka and 23 Market Square in Żory.

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