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'Katowice Voivodeship' (Polish: województwo katowickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice.
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

★ Katowice (354,200);

★ Sosnowiec (249,000);

★ Bytom (227,600);

★ Gliwice (214,000);

★ Zabrze (201,600);

★ Ruda Śląska (166,300);

★ Rybnik (144,300);

★ Tychy (133,900);

★ Dabrowa Gornicza (130,900);

★ Chorzów (125,800);

★ Jastrzębie Zdrój (103,500);

★ Jaworzno (98,500);

★ Mysłowice (80,000);

★ Siemianowice Śląskie (78,100);

★ Wodzisław Śląski (68,600);

★ Tarnowskie Góry (67,200);

★ Piekary Śląskie (67,200);

★ Żory (66,300);

★ Raciborz (65,100);

★ Bedzin (63,100);

★ Świętochłowice (59,600);

★ Zawiercie (56,300);

★ Knurow (44,200);

★ Chrzanow (42,100);

★ Olkusz (40,500);

★ Mikolow (38,900);

★ Czeladź (36,600);

★ Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600);

★ Pszczyna (34,600);

★ Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100);

★ Rydułtowy (24,100);

★ Laziska Gorne (23,000);

★ Bierun (22,100);

★ Pyskowice (21,900);

★ Trzebinia (20,000);

★ Brzeszcze (12,441).
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'Katowice Voivodeship' (Polish: ''województwo katowickie''), initially 'Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship' (''województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie'') was also a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1946 to 1975, superseded by the 1975-1998 Katowice, Czestochowa Voivodeship, Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship, and Opole Voivodeship. Its capital city was also Katowice.

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★ Voivodeships of Poland