(, a historical and geographical region of Poland ( Opole Voivodship and Silesian Voivodship ) and of the Czech Republic ( Silesian-Moravian Region ). The region is situated in the Silesian highlands, between the upper Oder and upper Vistula rivers. The largest city is Katowice , capital of the Silesian Voivodship .
Total population of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area is 3,487,000.
(All in Poland unless otherwise indicated; population figures are for 1995)
- Katowice (354,200)
- Ostrava (320,000) - Czech Republic (eastern districts, Cieszyn Silesia )
- Sosnowiec (249,000) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Bytom (227,600)
- Gliwice (214,000)
- Zabrze (201,600)
- Bielsko-Biała (180,307) - western part ''Bielsko'', Cieszyn Silesia
- Ruda Śląska (166,300)
- Rybnik (144,300)
- Tychy (133,900)
- Dąbrowa Górnicza (130,900) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Opole (130,600)
- Chorzów (125,800)
- Jastrzębie Zdrój (103,500)
- Jaworzno (98,500) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Mysłowice (80,000)
- Siemianowice Śląskie (78,100)
- Kędzierzyn-Koźle (70,700)
- Wodzisław Śląski (68,600)
- Tarnowskie Góry (67,200)
- Piekary Śląskie (67,200)
- Żory (66,300)
- Racibórz (65,100)
- Będzin (63,100) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Opava (62,000) - Czech Republic
- Świętochłowice (59,600)
- Zawiercie (56,300) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Nysa (49,000)
- Knurów (44,200)
- Olkusz (40,500)
- Brzeg (39,900)
- Mikołów (38,900)
- Cieszyn (37,300) - Cieszyn Silesia
- Czeladź (36,600) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600) - Cieszyn Silesia
- Pszczyna (34,600)
- Myszków (34,000)
- Żywiec (32,300) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100)
- Kluczbork (26,900)
- Lubliniec (26,900)
- Krnov (25,400) - Czech Republic
- Prudnik (24,300)
- Rydułtowy (24,100)
- Łaziska Górne (23,000)
- Bieruń (22,100)
- Pyskowice (21,900)
- Strzelce Opolskie (21,900)
- Krapkowice (20,100)
Other cities in Poland: , Karviná , Frýdek-Místek (all Cieszyn Silesia).
Opole and especially Cieszyn Silesia , although they are historical parts of Upper Silesia, are commonly considered not to be Upper Silesian lands by its inhabitants.
Upper Silesia was formerly a province of Poland . Then it was under Bohemian, Austrian, and Prussia n administration. Later it became the Autonomous Silesian Voivodship in Poland .
- H. Förster, B. Kortus (1989) "Social-Geographical Problems of the Cracow and Upper Silesia Agglomerations", Paderborn. (Bochumer Geographische Arbeiten No. 51)
- Krzysztof Gwosdz (2000) "The Image of Upper Silesia in geography textbooks 1921-1998", in: Boleslaw Domanski (Ed.), Prace Geograficzne, No. 106, Institute of Geography of the Jagiellonian University Krakow. pp. 55-68
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