Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area

metropolitan area in southern Poland and northeastern Czech Republic
Place metropolitan_area Q3495359
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Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area

Summary

Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area is a metropolitan area[1]. It draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_area category, ranking #28 of 105).[2]

Key Facts

  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area is located in Silesian Voivodeship[3].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area is located in Moravian-Silesian Region[4].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area is in the country of Poland[5].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area is in the country of Czech Republic[6].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's image is recorded as Śródmieście, Katowice.png[7].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's instance of is recorded as metropolitan area[8].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's instance of is recorded as polycentric metropolitan area[9].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's capital is recorded as Katowice[10].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's capital is recorded as Ostrava[11].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's locator map image is recorded as Map of Upper Silesian metropolitan area.png[12].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's part of is recorded as Kraków-Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan region[13].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Upper Silesian metropolitan area[14].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Ostrava metropolitan area[15].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Bielsko-Biała metropolitan area[16].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Rybnik-Jastrzębie metropolitan area[17].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Racibórz functional urban area[18].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.25, 'lon': 19}[19].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05p4fbq[20].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5008000'}[21].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5294000'}[22].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's detail map is recorded as Upper Silesian metropolitan area with labels.svg[23].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's different from is recorded as Metropolis GZM[24].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's different from is recorded as Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia[25].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's different from is recorded as Upper Silesian Industrial Region[26].
  • Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's different from is recorded as Upper Silesian Coal Basin[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Poland[5], a sovereign state[28], in Poland[29], founded in 1918[30] and Czech Republic[6], a country[31], in Czech Republic[32], founded in 1993[33]. Located in include Silesian Voivodeship[3], a voivodeship of Poland[34], in Poland[35], founded in 1999[36] and Moravian-Silesian Region[4], a region of the Czech Republic[37], in Czech Republic[38], founded in 2000[39], headquartered in Ostrava[40]. Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area's part of is recorded as Kraków-Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan region[13].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+5008000'}[21] and {'amount': '+5294000'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan area[8] and polycentric metropolitan area[9].

Why It Matters

Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_area category, ranking #28 of 105).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] . espon.eu. espon.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . espon.eu. espon.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . brookings.edu. brookings.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Final report of ESPON project 1.4.3.. espon.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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