Katowice Voivodeship

Katowice Voivodeship (Polish: województwo katowickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice.

Katowice Voivodeship

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

• Katowice (354,200);
• Sosnowiec (249,000);
• Bytom (227,600);
• Gliwice (214,000);
• Zabrze (201,600);
• Ruda Śląska (166,300);
• Rybnik (144,300);
• Tychy (133,900);
• Dąbrowa Górnicza (130,900);
• Chorzów (125,800);
• Jastrzębie Zdrój (103,500);
• Jaworzno (98,500);
• Mysłowice (80,000);
• Siemianowice Śląskie (78,100);
• Wodzisław Śląski (68,600);
• Tarnowskie Góry (67,200);
• Piekary Śląskie (67,200);
• Żory (66,300);
• Racibórz (65,100);
• Będzin (63,100);
• Świętochłowice (59,600);
• Zawiercie (56,300);
• Knurów (44,200);
• Chrzanów (42,100);
• Olkusz (40,500);
• Mikołów (38,900);
• Czeladź (36,600);
• Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600);
• Pszczyna (34,600);
• Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100);
• Rydułtowy (24,100);
• Łaziska Górne (23,000);
• Bieruń (22,100);
• Pyskowice (21,900);
• Trzebinia (20,000);
• Brzeszcze (12,441).

Katowice Voivodeship (województwo katowickie), initially Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship (województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie) was also a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1946 to 1975, superseded by the 1975-1998 Katowice, Częstochowa Voivodeship, Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, and Opole Voivodeship. Its capital city was also Katowice.