Katowice metropolitan area
Katowice metropolitan area
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Metropolitan area | |
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Map of Katowice metropolitan area (parts of Rybnik metropolitan area also visible in the bottom-left corner) | |
| Coordinates: 50°15′N 19°00′E / 50.250°N 19.000°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian Voivodeship |
| Largest city | Katowice |
| Government | |
| • Body | Metropolis GZM |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 2,949 km2 (1,139 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Metro | 2,535,354 |
| • Metro density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €44.570 billion (2021) |
| Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
| Highways | |
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Katowice metropolitan area, also known as Upper Silesian metropolitan area (Polish: górnośląski obszar metropolitalny), is the metropolitan area of Katowice and its urban area, with a population of around 2.5 million (2023). It lies within the areas of the historic regions of Upper Silesia, Kraków Basin and Dąbrowa Basin. It is sometimes considered a part of the polycentric Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area, which has a population of 5.3 million people (2002). Also this is (with Kraków metropolitan area among others) a part of Kraków-Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan region , which has a population of around 6.8 million.