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Świętochłowice

Eastern Europe

Swietochlowice is a city with powiat rights in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice, situated in the Silesian Highlands along the Rawa River, a tributary of the Vistula. It is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolitan area of roughly two million people.

Facts
Population
45,644 1
Founding Year
1313 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 2
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Wikidata: Swietochlowice
  • Wikidata Q45197, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q45197 P571, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
    P571 value year 1313
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2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, 18.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, 18.75
50.25 18.75 Cfb
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3. GeoNames: Świętochłowice - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3083988, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3083988, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.29636 18.91726 P PPLA2 PL 83 2476 247601 55600 282 Europe/Warsaw
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Swietochlowice (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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