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Sławków

Eastern Europe

Sławków is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, in the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region near Katowice. It lies on the edge of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, a conurbation of around 2 million people, and had a population of 7,017 as of 2019. The town is the western terminus of the Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line, a wide-gauge freight railway.

Facts
Area (sq km)
36.6 1
Founding Year
1220 2
Founding Year
1220 2
Latitude
50.29943 degrees north 1
Longitude
19.38967 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Sławków (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.29943, longitude 19.38967
  • P2046 (area)
    area 36.6 sq km
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2. Sławków (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1220
    The first written record of the town's name comes from 1220.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1220
    The first written record of the town's name comes from 1220.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1220
    The first written record of the town's name comes from 1220.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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