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Silesian Voivodeship

The Silesian Voivodeship is one of the 16 provinces or voivodeships of , in the south of the country bordering the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Much of it is industrial and densely populated, with a total of around 5 million, but there are also scenic rural uplands and mountains.
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is a large city in the Silesian Voivodeship in the south of Poland. In 2021 it had a population of 315,000; it's the central city of Metropolis GZM which in turn is part of Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area sprawling across the Czech border.

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship in the south of Poland; it's industrial and had a population of 214,342 in 2021. It's best known for the monastery of Jasna Góra, holding the Black Madonna icon, and is a major pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics.

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, with a population of 175,102 in 2021. It's part of Metropolis GZM centred on and is industrial. Nevertheless it has a well-restored old town and many historical sights.

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, with a population of 189,178 in 2022. It's industrial, and part of the GZM metropolis centred on 10 km west.

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is an industrial city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland. With a population of 161,139 in 2021, it's part of the Silesian Metropolis centred on 7 km southeast.

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, part of a metropolis centred on . It's industrial, with a population of 168,946 in 2021. Its top sight is the Coal Mining Museum, with two facilities where you explore underground.

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwest Poland, with a population of 170,000 in 2020. It's post-industrial but has many interesting old buildings and museums, and sits at the foot of the Beskidy mountains.

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship in the south of Poland. With a population of 125,781 in 2021, it's part of the metropolis. It's best known in the west as the source of Tyskie beer.

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is an industrial city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwest Poland, with a population of 105,628 in 2021. Many of its attractions are in the Culture Park along the boundary with Katowice.

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is an industrial city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwest Poland, with a population of 135,008 in 2021. It's part of the Upper Silesian metropolis, centered around .

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland. Standing 300 m above sea level, it's post-industrial, with a population of 117,000 in 2021.

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is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, with a population of 33,500 in 2021. It stands on the River Olza on the Czech border. a short walk west is now a separate town in the Czech Republic.

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is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, with a population of 61,842 in 2021. It's part of the metropolis and is industrial; its main attraction is its old silver mine, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, 85 km south of . It's best known for its brewery and is a resort town, with a large lake, and winter and summer leisure activities in the nearby mountains.

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is a mountain resort in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, 90 km south of Katowice. In 2019 its population was 11,000. Poland's largest river, the or Vistula, arises nearby in these mountains.

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is a mountain resort in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, 82 km south of Katowice, with a population of 16,000 in 2022. Poland's largest river, the Wisła or Vistula, arises nearby in these mountains.

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is a small town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, known for its palace/castle.

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is a winter sports resort in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland. The town is at an elevation of 500-600 m in the mountains, and the highest local peak is Skrzyczne at 1257 m. In 2020 the population was 5700.

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is a market town in the Silesian Voivodeship in southwest Poland. With a population of 1900 in 2019, it's the administrative centre for a straggle of villages in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, the limestone hills also known as the "Polish Jura".

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is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, in the Ojców mountains 62 km northwest of Kraków. It's famous for its Gothic-Renaissance ruined castle, 2 km east in the village helpfully called Podzamcze, which means "by the castle".

Silesian Voivodeship

Latitude of center
50.5687° or 50° 34′ 8″ north
Longitude of center
19.2344° or 19° 14′ 4″ east
Population
4,350,000
Elevation
265 metres (869 feet)
Abbreviation
“SL”
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
3337497
Wiki­data ID
Q54181
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Silesian Voivodeship” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “województwo śląskie”
  • Arabic: “محافظة سيليزيا”
  • Armenian: “Շլեզիայի վոյեվոդություն”
  • Armenian: “Սիլեզիայի վոյեվոդություն”
  • Asturian: “Voivodatu de Silesia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sileziya voyevodluğu”
  • Balinese: “Voivodeship Silesia Sor”
  • Balinese: “Voivodeship Silesia”
  • Basque: “Behe Silesia”
  • Basque: “Silesiako voivoderria”
  • Basque: “województwo śląskie”
  • Belarusian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Belarusian: “Сілезскае ваяводства”
  • Belarusian: “Сылескае ваяводзтва”
  • Bengali: “সিলেসিয়ান ভয়ভোডেশিপ”
  • Bosnian: “Šlesko vojvodstvo”
  • Bosnian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Bulgarian: “Силезко войводство”
  • Bulgarian: “Силезкото войводство”
  • Catalan: “Província Silèsia”
  • Catalan: “Silèsia”
  • Catalan: “Voivodat de Silèsia”
  • Cebuano: “Województwo Śląskie”
  • Chechen: “Силезин воеводалла”
  • Chinese: “Silesia Séng”
  • Chinese: “希隆斯克省”
  • Chinese: “西里西亚省”
  • Chinese: “西里西亞省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Sileziya voyevodalığı”
  • Crimean Tatar: “województwo śląskie”
  • Croatian: “Šlesko vojvodstvo”
  • Croatian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Czech: “Slezské vojvodství”
  • Czech: “województwo śląskie”
  • Danish: “Voivodskabet Schlesien”
  • Danish: “Województwo śląskie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Silezya”
  • Dutch: “Silezië”
  • Dutch: “Woiwodschap Silezië”
  • Dutch: “województwo śląskie”
  • Erzya: “Силезэнь воеводства”
  • Esperanto: “Silezia provinco”
  • Esperanto: “Silezia Provinco”
  • Esperanto: “województwo śląskie”
  • Estonian: “Sileesia vojevoodkond”
  • Estonian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Finnish: “Sleesian voivodikunta”
  • Finnish: “województwo śląskie”
  • French: “Silésie (voïvodie)”
  • French: “Silésie”
  • French: “śląskie”
  • French: “voïvodie de Silésie”
  • French: “Voïvodie de Silésie”
  • French: “województwo śląskie”
  • Galician: “Voivodato de Silesia”
  • Galician: “województwo śląskie”
  • Georgian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Georgian: “სილეზიის სავოევოდო”
  • German: “Schlesien”
  • German: “Woiwodschaft Schlesien”
  • German: “województwo śląskie”
  • Greek: “Βοεβοδάτο Σιλεσίας”
  • Gujarati: “સિલેસિઅન વોઈવોડેશિપ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sî-lî-sî-â-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Śląskie”
  • Hebrew: “שלזיה”
  • Hindi: “सिलेसियन वोईवोडीशिप”
  • Hungarian: “Sziléziai vajdaság”
  • Hungarian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Icelandic: “Slesía”
  • Icelandic: “województwo śląskie”
  • Ido: “Provinco Silezia”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Silesia”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Slaskie”
  • Indonesian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Italian: “Alta Slesia”
  • Italian: “Slesia Superiore”
  • Italian: “voivodato della Slesia”
  • Italian: “Voivodato della Slesia”
  • Italian: “Voivodato di Slesia”
  • Italian: “Wojewodztwo slaskie”
  • Italian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Japanese: “województwo śląskie”
  • Japanese: “シレジア自治区”
  • Japanese: “シロンスク県”
  • Javanese: “Provinsi Silesia”
  • Javanese: “województwo śląskie”
  • Kannada: “ಸೈಲ್ಸಿಯನ್ ವಾಯಿವೊಡೆಶಿಪ್”
  • Kashubian: “Szląsczé wòjewództwò”
  • Kashubian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Korean: “województwo śląskie”
  • Korean: “실롱스크 주”
  • Korean: “실롱스크주”
  • Latin: “Silesia vaivodatus”
  • Latin: “województwo śląskie”
  • Latvian: “Silēzijas vojevodiste”
  • Latvian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Limburgan: “Woiwodsjap Silezië”
  • Lithuanian: “Silezijos vaivadija”
  • Lithuanian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Lombard: “Śląskie”
  • Low German: “Woiwodschop Slesien”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Šlazyńske wójwodstwo”
  • Lower Sorbian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Luxembourgish: “Woiwodschaft Schlesien”
  • Macedonian: “Шлеско Војводство”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Silesia”
  • Malay: “województwo śląskie”
  • Malay: “ولاية سيليسيا”
  • Manx: “Queiggey ny Sileesh”
  • Manx: “Queiggey yn Tileesh”
  • Manx: “województwo śląskie”
  • Marathi: “województwo śląskie”
  • Marathi: “श्लोंस्का प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “سیلسیان اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Śląskie Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “სილეზიაშ სავოევოდე”
  • Moksha: “województwo śląskie”
  • Moksha: “Силезиянь воеводства”
  • Moksha: “Силезиянь воеводши”
  • Mongolian: “Силези муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Schleesien (Prowins uun Poolen)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Schleesien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schlesiske voivodskap”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Voivodskapet Śląsk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “województwo śląskie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schlesiske voivodskap”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “województwo śląskie”
  • Norwegian: “Schlesiske voivodskap”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Voivodat de Silèsia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Voïvodia de Silèsia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “województwo śląskie”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sysylaland voivodscip”
  • Ossetian: “Силезийы воеводæйад”
  • Papiamento: “Voivodat di Silesia”
  • Papiamento: “województwo śląskie”
  • Persian: “استان سیلسیان”
  • Polish: “województwo śląskie”
  • Polish: “Województwo śląskie”
  • Portuguese: “Silésia”
  • Portuguese: “Voivodia da Silésia”
  • Portuguese: “województwo śląskie”
  • Pushto: “سیلسیان”
  • Quechua: “Silisya suyu”
  • Romanian: “Voievodatul Silezia”
  • Romanian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Russian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Russian: “Силезское воеводство”
  • Rusyn: “Шлезия (воеводство)”
  • Rusyn: “Шлезия”
  • Serbian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Serbian: “Војводство шлеско”
  • Serbian: “Војводство Шлеско”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šlesko vojvodstvo”
  • Silesian: “Ślōnske wojewōdztwo”
  • Silesian: “Ślůnske wojewůdztwo”
  • Silesian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Sinhala: “සෙලෙසියන් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Sliezske vojvodstvo”
  • Slovak: “województwo śląskie”
  • Slovenian: “Šlezijsko vojvodstvo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیلزی اوستانی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیلسیان اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Silesia”
  • Spanish: “Voivodato de Silesia”
  • Spanish: “województwo śląskie”
  • Swedish: “Schlesien”
  • Swedish: “Schlesiens vojvodskap”
  • Swedish: “Śląsk vojvodskap”
  • Swedish: “Śląsk”
  • Swedish: “województwo śląskie”
  • Tamil: “சிலேசியான் ஓய்வொதேஷிப்”
  • Tatar: “Силезия воеводалыгы”
  • Telugu: “సిలేసియన్ వోయవోడెషిప్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดชล็อนสก์”
  • Turkish: “Silezya Voyvodalığı”
  • Turkish: “Silezya”
  • Turkish: “województwo śląskie”
  • Udmurt: “Силезия воеводство”
  • Ukrainian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Ukrainian: “Сілезьке воєводство”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Šleske wojewódstwo”
  • Upper Sorbian: “województwo śląskie”
  • Urdu: “سیلیزیا صوبہ”
  • Venetian: “Voivodato de ła Slèzia”
  • Vietnamese: “Śląsk”
  • Vietnamese: “Śląskie”
  • Vietnamese: “województwo śląskie”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Silesya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “województwo śląskie”
  • Welsh: “Silesian Voivodeship”
  • Western Panjabi: “województwo śląskie”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ سائیلیشیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “西里西亚省”
  • Yue Chinese: “西里西亞省”
  • Zeeuws: “Woiwodschap Silezië”
  • Zeeuws: “województwo śląskie”

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