Katowice

E32146

city urban gmina

Katowice is a major industrial and cultural city in southern Poland, known as the capital of the Silesian region.

Aliases (2)

Katowice Rulebook ×1
Katowice, Poland ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → urban gmina →
capitalOf	Silesian Voivodeship →
cityRightsGranted	1865 →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	Poland →
countryCode	PL →
elevation	around 266 m →
hasAirport	Katowice Airport (in Pyrzowice) →
hasCulturalInstitution	Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra → Silesian Museum → Silesian Theatre →
hasLandmark	International Congress Centre → NOSPR concert hall → Nikiszowiec historic workers’ district → Spodek sports and entertainment arena →
hasRailwayStation	Katowice railway station →
hasStatus	metropolitan city →
hasUniversity	Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice → Silesian University of Technology (faculties) → University of Silesia in Katowice →
hostedEvent	COP24 United Nations Climate Change Conference → Intel Extreme Masters esports tournaments →
isPartOf	Upper Silesian metropolitan area →
isRegionalCapitalOf	Silesian region →
isSeatOf	Metropolis GZM → Silesian Parliament → Silesian Voivode →
knownFor	Spodek arena → coal mining region → cultural institutions → heavy industry → international trade fairs and conferences → modernist architecture → steel industry →
locatedIn	Silesian Voivodeship → southern Poland →
locatedOn	Rawa River →
memberOf	Metropolis GZM →
near	Chorzów → Gliwice → Kraków →
partOf	Upper Silesia →
population	around 290000 →
populationMetro	over 2 million →
timeZone	CET →
timeZoneDST	CEST →
twinCity	Cologne → Groningen → Odessa →
voivodeship	Silesian Voivodeship →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Miskolc → Saint-Étienne →	twinnedWith
Kurt Goldstein ("Katowice, Poland") →	birthPlace
Olkusz →	hasRailConnectionTo
Trzebinia →	locatedBetween
Oświęcim →	locatedNear
Greta Thunberg’s address to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) →	location
Silesia →	majorCity
Chrzanów →	nearbyCity
Conference of the Parties (COP) climate negotiations ("Katowice Rulebook") →	notableOutcome
1970 Polish protests →	significantPlace
Edward Gierek →	workLocation