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Katowice Voivodship (Polish: wojew�dztwo katowickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Silesian Voivodship.

Capital city: Katowice

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

Katowice (354,200);
Sosnowiec (249,000);
Bytom (227,600);
Gliwice (214,000);
Zabrze (201,600);
Ruda Slaska (166,300);
Rybnik (144,300);
Tychy (133,900);
Dabrowa Gornicza (130,900);
Chorzow (125,800);
Jastrzebie-Zdroj (103,500);
Jaworzno (98,500);
Myslowice (80,000);
Siemianowice Slaskie (78,100);
Wodzislaw Slaski (68,600);
Tarnowskie Gory (67,200);
Piekary Slaskie (67,200);
Zory (66,300);
Raciborz (65,100);
Bedzin (63,100);
Swietochlowice (59,600);
Zawiercie (56,300);
Knurow (44,200);
Chrzanow (42,100);
Olkusz (40,500);
Mikolow (38,900);
Czeladz (36,600);
Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600);
Pszczyna (34,600);
Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100);
Rydultowy (24,100);
Laziska Gorne (23,000);
Bierun (22,100);
Pyskowice (21,900);
Trzebinia (20,000).

Katowice Voivodship (2) (Polish: wojew�dztwo katowickie) initially Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodship (wojew�dztwo śląsko-dąbrowskie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1946-1975, superseded by Katowice (1), Czestochowa Voivodship, Bielsko-Biala Voivodship, and Opole Voivodship.

Capital city: Katowice