Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998)

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Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998) was a former administrative region in southern Poland centered on the industrial city of Katowice, encompassing much of the Upper Silesian urban and mining area before the 1999 territorial reform.

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Label Occurrences
Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former voivodeship of Poland ⓘ
abolishedBy 1999 administrative reform of Poland ⓘ
administrativeCenter Katowice ⓘ
administrativeLevel first-level administrative division of Poland ⓘ
borderedBy Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Częstochowa Voivodeship ⓘ
Kraków Voivodeship ⓘ
Opole Voivodeship ⓘ
capital Katowice ⓘ
containsArea Upper Silesian coal mining area ⓘ
Upper Silesian urban area ⓘ
containsRegion Upper Silesia ⓘ
Upper Silesian Industrial Region ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
createdBy 1975 administrative reform of Poland ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1998 ⓘ
endTime 1998 ⓘ
governmentType voivodeship administration ⓘ
hasPolishName Województwo katowickie ⓘ
hasType administrative unit ⓘ
industrial region ⓘ
locatedIn southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Silesia ⓘ
majorCity Bytom ⓘ
Gliwice ⓘ
Katowice ⓘ
Ruda Śląska ⓘ
Sosnowiec ⓘ
Tychy ⓘ
Zabrze ⓘ
majorIndustry coal mining ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
namedAfter Katowice ⓘ
officialLanguage Polish ⓘ
partOf Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Third Polish Republic ⓘ
Upper Silesian metropolitan area ⓘ
precededBy Katowice Voivodeship (1950–1975) ⓘ
replacedBy Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ
startTime 1975 ⓘ
subdivisionOf Poland ⓘ
timePeriod Polish administrative division 1975–1998 ⓘ
usedCoatOfArmsOf Katowice Voivodeship ⓘ
usedFlagOf Katowice Voivodeship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998) → borders → Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998) ⓘ