This article is about the industrial region. For the geographic urban areas, see Katowice urban area and Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area. For the political and economic association of local municipalities, see Metropolis GZM.
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The Upper Silesian Industrial Region (Polish: Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, pronounced[gurnɔˈɕlɔ̃skʲiˌɔkrɛŋkpʂɛmɨˈswɔvɨ], Polish abbreviation: GOP[gɔp]; German: Oberschlesisches Industriegebiet) is a large industrial region in Poland.[1] It lies mainly in the Silesian Voivodeship,[1] centered on Katowice.
It is situated in the northern part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin, a home of altogether 5 million people (Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area). In the south-west it borders the Rybnik Coal Area (Polish: Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ROW).[1] Covers 3,200 km² and about 3.5 million people.[1]
The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is located in the province of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland in a basin between the Vistula and Oder rivers.
Upper Silesian Industrial Region is an area with enormous concentration of industry. Dominates here:[1]
Mining industry (more than a dozen active coal mines, mainly as Katowicki Holding Węglowy, Kompania Węglowa, JSW, Węglokoks)
Iron and steel industry (more than a dozen active iron and nonferrous metals)
Transport industry (example General Motors Manufacturing Poland and Fiat Auto Poland, Alstom Konstal, Bumar-Łabędy)
The energy industry (more than a dozen plants)
Mechanical engineering
Chemical industry
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