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Miasteczko Śląskie

Eastern Europe

Miasteczko Śląskie is a town in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice and the Silesian Highlands. It borders the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, a conurbation with a population of more than 2 million.

Facts
Area (sq km)
67.83 1
Founding Year
1561 2
Founding Year
1501 to 1543 3
Founding Year
1526 to 1600 3
Latitude
50.491222 degrees north 1
Longitude
18.922639 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Miasteczko Śląskie (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.491222, longitude 18.922639
  • P2046 (area)
    area 67.83 sq km
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2. Wikipedia (Polish): Miasteczko Śląskie
Wikipedia (Polish)Source text, founding-year: 1561
Quote, Source text, founding-year: 1561
nosiła ona staropolską nazwę Żyglińskie Gory (co oznaczało ‘żyglińskie kopalnie’), której w dokumencie lokacyjnym z 23 kwietnia 1561, nadający jej prawa miejskie Jerzy Fryderyk von Ansbach, nadał niemiecką nazwę Georgenberg (co znaczyło po pol.
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3. Miasteczko Śląskie (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The settlement was founded between 1526 and 1543.
  • Infobox: established_date
    16th century
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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