The Upper Silesian Industrial Region ( pl, Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, , Polish abbreviation: ''GOP'' ; german: Oberschlesisches Industriegebiet) is a large

industrial region {{Unreferenced, date=October 2010 Industrial region or industrial area refers to a geographical region with extremely dense Industrial sector, industry. It is usually heavily urbanization, urbanized. Brazil *ABCD Region, sometimes called ABC (AB ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

."''Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy''"
- PWN Encyclopedia It lies mainly in the

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

, centered on

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popu ...

. It is situated in the northern part of

Upper Silesian Coal Basin The Upper Silesian Coal Basin ( pl, Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe, GZW, cs, Hornoslezská uhelná pánev) is a coal basin in Silesia, in Poland and the Czech Republic.Silesian metropolitan area The Upper Silesian metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in southern Poland and northeastern Czech Republic, centered on the cities of Katowice and Ostrava in Silesia and has around 5 million inhabitants. Located in the three administrative ...

), the southwest border of the

Rybnik Coal Area The Rybnik Coal Area ( pl, Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ''ROW'') is an industrial region in southern Poland.

(Polish: ''Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy'', ROW) and west borders with the Ostrava urban area. Covers 3,200 km² and about 3 million people. The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is located in the province of

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...

and

Zagłębie Dąbrowskie Zagłębie in Polish means coalfield. It can refer to: * Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe, a mining region * Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, a mining region *Zagłębie Sosnowiec, an association football club *Zagłębie Lubin Zagłębie Lubin S.A. ...

in southern Poland in a basin between the

Vistula The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...

and

Oder The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows ...

rivers. Upper Silesian Industrial Region is an area with enormous concentration of industry. Dominates here: * Mining industry (more than a dozen active coal mines, mainly as Katowicki Holding Węglowy,

Kompania Węglowa name = PGG, type = National holding, foundation = 2016, location = Katowice, Poland, key_people = CEO, num_employees = 63,800 (2007), industry = Mining, products = coal, revenue ...

, JSW, Węglokoks * Iron and steel industry (more than a dozen active iron and nonferrous metals) * Transport industry (example

General Motors The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...

Manufacturing Poland and Fiat Auto Poland, Konstal, Bumar Łabędy) * The

energy industry The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution. Modern society consumes large amounts of fuel, and the energy indus ...

(more than a dozen plants) * Mechanical engineering * Chemical industry

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"''Katowice i Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy''"
- Krystyna Szaraniec & Lech Szaraniec & Karol Szarowski, Katowickie Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne, Katowice 1980 * "''Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy: liczby, fakty, problemy''" - Marek Grabania, Wydawnictwo Śląsk, Katowice 1964 * "''Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy w świetle nowych opracowań zachodnioniemieckich''" - Marian Frank, Silesian Institute in Katowice, Katowice 1960 {{Authority control Silesian Voivodeship Economy of Poland

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