Upper Silesian Coal Basin
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Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Polish: Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe, GZW) is a coal basin in Silesia, mostly in Poland but also partly in the Czech Republic (the Ostrava-Karviná Coal Basin). It also contains a number of other minable resources (methane, cadmium, lead, silver and zinc).
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[edit] Location and population centers
The Upper Silesian Coal Basin lies in the historical regions of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, in a highland located between the upper Vistula and the upper Oder rivers, as well as extending into the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. The Czech part of USCB is also known as the Ostrava-Karviná Coal Basin.
The Upper Silesian Coal Basin is centered around Katowice in the Silesian Voivodeship. It contains the adjoining metropolitan areas of Upper Silesian Industry Area and Rybnik Coal Region in Poland and the metropolitan region around Ostrava in the Czech Republic.
[edit] Districts
[edit] Polish districts situated within the Upper Silesian Coal Basin
| Town | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Katowice | 315 123 | 164,6 km² |
| Sosnowiec | 228 192 | 91,26 km² |
| Gliwice | 199 086 | 134,2 km² |
| Zabrze | 190 150 | 80,47 km² |
| Bytom | 189 500 | 69,32 km² |
| *Powiat wodzisławski (Wodzisław Śląski) | 155 124 | 286,92 km² |
| Powiat będziński (Będzin) | 151 289 | 368,02 km² |
| Ruda Śląska | 149 000 | 77,7 km² |
| *Rybnik | 141 755 | 148 km² |
| Powiat tarnogórski (Tarnowskie Góry) | 138 577 | 642,63 km² |
| Tychy | 131 547 | 82,63 km² |
| Dąbrowa Górnicza | 129 800 | 188 km² |
| Powiat gliwicki | 115 476 | 663,35 km² |
| Chorzów | 114 035 | 33,5 km² |
| *Powiat raciborski (Racibórz) | 112 570 | 543,98 km² |
| Jaworzno | 96 476 | 152,2 km² |
| *Jastrzębie Zdrój | 96 109 | 85,44 km² |
| Powiat mikołowski (Mikołów) | 90 675 | 231,53 km² |
| Mysłowice | 75 259 | 66 km² |
| Siemianowice Śląskie | 73 439 | 25,5 km² |
| *Żory | 62 496 | 64,64 km² |
| Piekary Śląskie | 59 984 | 39,6 km² |
| Powiat bieruńsko-lędziński (Bieruń) | 55 822 | 156,68 km² |
| Świętochłowice | 55 527 | 13,22 km² |
| Chrzanów | 50 166 | 79,33 km² |
| Oświęcim | 41 382 | 30,3 km² |
| **Czerwionka-Leszczyny | 28 840 | 38,52km² |
| Trzebinia | 20 373 | 31,3 km² |
| Libiąż | 17 671 | 35,88 km² |
| Łazy | 16 077 | 132,56 km² |
| Chełmek | 12 877 | 27,24 km² |
| Bukowno | 10 765 | 63,42 km² |
| Bolesław | 7 842 | 41,42 km² |
| Sławków | 6 943 | 36,60 km² |
| Total | ~3.5 million | ~6900 km² |
* - part of the Rybnik region (population 642,000).
** - city between Rybnik Coal Region and Upper Silesian Industry Area
[edit] Czech districts situated within the Upper Silesian Coal Basin
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