The Upper Silesian Industrial Region (, , Polish abbreviation: ''GOP'' ; ) is a large industrial region in

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

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, centered on

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. It is situated in the northern part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin, a home of altogether 5 million people ( Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area). In the south-west it borders the Rybnik Coal Area (Polish: ''Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy'', ROW). Covers 3,200 km² and about 3.5 million people. The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is located in the province of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland in a basin between the

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

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

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(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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