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Katowice (pronounce: ''Kattowitz'') is an important City of the historical region of Upper Silesia in southern Poland on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers. Katowice is the capital of the administrative and local government region called Silesian Voivodship since 1999 , and previously capital of Katowice Voivodship . Katowice is the main city of the Upper Silesian Industrial Area and main districts Metropolian Katowice . Its population is 321,163, with a greater Urban Agglomeration population of 3,487,000 (2004). HISTORY The area around Katowice, Upper Silesia , was inhabited by ethnic Silesians since the early centuries. It was first ruled by the Polish Silesian Piasts Dynasty until its extinction, later falling into the Habsburg domains. The city itself was founded in the 19th century, a period while the area was under Prussian rule, and Katowice gained city status in 1865 . Inhabited mainly by Germans, Silesia ns , Jews and Poles, Katowice became part of the Second Polish Republic following the Silesian Uprisings throughout the Silesian region between 1918 and 1921 . The land was subsequently divided by an allied commission, leaving ''Kattowitz'' on the Polish side and with significant autonomy. The city flourished due to large mineral (especially Coal ) deposits in the nearby mountains. Extensive city growth and prosperity depended on coal mining and steel industries, which took off during the Industrial Revolution . But recently, due to Economic reforms there is a shift away from Heavy Industry , and towards Small Businesses . Between 1953 - 1956 it was renamed ''Stalinogród'' - " Stalin City" by Polish Communists . Severe Ecological Damage to the Natural Environment occurred during the post- Second World War time of communist governance in the People's Republic Of Poland , but recent changes in regulations, procedures and policies of Post-communist Polish Government have reversed much of the harm that was done. DISTRICTS CULTURE & RECREATION ]] Theatre
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Tourism on the right, with The Spodek in the background]] Katowice center has many Art Nouveau (''Secesja'') buildings. Its suburbs contain many communist style blocks.
EDUCATION # University Of Silesia (Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach) # Katowice Academy Of Economics (Akademia Ekonomiczna w Katowicach) # Katowice Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna w Katowicach) # Katowice Academy of Sports (Akademia WF w Katowicach) # Silesian Medical Academy (Śląska Akademia Medyczna) # Katowice Academy of Arts (Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Katowicach) # Cracow Academy of Arts (Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie) - filia # Silesian Technical University - Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgy and Faculty of Transport # Polish Academy Of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk), oddział # Śląska Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki w Katowicach # Śląska Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania w Katowicach # Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa w Katowicach # Wyższa Szkoła Bankowości i Finansów w Katowicach # Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna w Katowicach # Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi - wydział # Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna TWP w Warszawie, Instytut Pedagogiki # Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna w Katowicach # Wyższa Szkoła Technologii Informatycznych w Katowicach # Wyższa Szkoła Umiejętności Społecznych w Poznaniu - wydział # Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania Marketingowego i Języków Obcych w Katowicach # Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania Ochroną Pracy w Katowicach # Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne oo. Franciszkanów w Katowicach # Prywatne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych w Bielsku-Białej - wydział # Prywatne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych w Katowicach There are also:
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