Upper Silesian metropolitan area

Summary

Upper Silesian metropolitan area is a metropolitan area^[1]. It draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_area category, ranking #37 of 105).^[2]

Key Facts

• Upper Silesian metropolitan area is located in Silesian Voivodeship^[3].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area is in the country of Poland^[4].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's instance of is recorded as metropolitan area^[5].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's instance of is recorded as functional urban area^[6].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's capital is recorded as Katowice urban area^[7].
• Upper Silesia is named after Upper Silesian metropolitan area^[8].
• Katowice is named after Upper Silesian metropolitan area^[9].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's part of is recorded as Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area^[10].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 17640244^[11].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Katowice urban area^[12].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Pyskowice^[13].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Sośnicowice^[14].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Orzesze^[15].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Łaziska Górne^[16].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Bieruń^[17].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Lędziny^[18].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Imielin^[19].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Sławków^[20].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Radzionków^[21].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Wojkowice^[22].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Siewierz^[23].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 50.25, 'longitude': 19, 'precision': 0.1}^[24].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2417386'}^[25].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3029000'}^[26].
• Upper Silesian metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2469891'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Upper Silesian metropolitan area is in the country of Poland^[4]. It is located in Silesian Voivodeship^[3]. Its part of is recorded as Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area^[10].

Physical Characteristics

Upper Silesian metropolitan area's area is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712226', 'amount': '+2949'}^[28]. Population counts include {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2417386'}^[25], {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3029000'}^[26], and {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2469891'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan area^[5] and functional urban area^[6].

History and Context

Things named after include Upper Silesia^[8], a historical region^[29], in Poland^[30] and Katowice^[9], a big city^[31], in Weimar Republic^[32], founded in 1598^[33].

Why It Matters

Upper Silesian metropolitan area draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_area category, ranking #37 of 105).^[2]