page_title: Katowice urban area
section_title: Administration of urban area
hierarchical_section_title: Katowice urban area / Administration of urban area
caption_attribution_description: English: Katowice urban area (Upper Silesian urban area) on map of Silesian Voivodeship Polski: Aglomeracja katowicka (górnośląska) / Katowicki zespół miejski na mapie województwa śląskiego i opolskiego
context_page_description: The Katowice urban area, also known as the Upper Silesian urban area, is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland, centered on Katowice. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship and in a small part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The Katowice urban area is the largest urban area in Poland and one of the largest in the European Union.
  Its population is about 2.7 million. The Katowice urban area covers the majority of the population and area of the Katowice metropolitan area and is part of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, which has a population of 5,294,000 people. Also this is part of Upper Silesian metropolitan region, which has a population of about 7 million with among others Kraków metropolitan area.
context_section_description: Adjacent cities and statistics (1 January 2008):
caption: Adjacent cities and towns of conurbation outlined in blue on maps
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