Upper Silesian Industrial Region

Central part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region - Upper Silesian Metropolis.

The Upper Silesian Industrial Region (Polish: Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, GOP; German: Oberschlesisches Industriegebiet) is a large industrial region in Poland^[1]. It lies mainly in the Silesian Voivodeship^[1], centered around Katowice.

It is situated in the northern part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin a home of altogether 5 million people (Silesian metropolitan area), the southwest border of the Rybnik Coal Area (Polish: Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ROW)^[1] and west borders with the Ostrava urban area. Covers 3,200 km² and about 3,5 million people^[1].

The Upper Silesian Industrial Region is located in the province of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland in a basin between the Vistula and Oder rivers.

Upper Silesian Industrial Region is an area with enormous concentration of industry. Dominates here^[1]:

• Mining industry (more than a dozen active coal mines, mainly as Katowicki Holding Węglowy and Kompania Węglowa)
• Iron and steel industry (more than a dozen active iron and nonferrous metals)
• Transport industry (example General Motors Manufacturing Poland and Fiat Auto Poland, Konstal, Bumar Łabędy)
• The energy industry (more than a dozen power plants and power plants)
• Mechanical engineering
• Chemical industry

See also

• Upper Silesian Metropolis
• Rybnik Coal Area

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} (Polish) "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy" - PWN Encyclopedia

Literature

• (Polish) "Katowice i Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy" - Krystyna Szaraniec & Lech Szaraniec & Karol Szarowski, Katowickie Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne, Katowice 1980
• (Polish) "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy: liczby, fakty, problemy" - Marek Grabania, Wydawnictwo Śląsk, Katowice 1964
• (Polish) "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy w świetle nowych opracowań zachodnioniemieckich" - Marian Frank, Silesian Institute in Katowice, Katowice 1960

Coordinates: 50°15′N 19°00′E / 50.25°N 19°E / 50.25; 19