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Żory

Eastern Europe

Zory is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland, with 62,848 inhabitants as of 2021. It lies in the historic Upper Silesia region, about 30 kilometers southwest of Katowice.

Facts
Population
63,174 1
Founding Year
1258 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Żory
GeoNames geonameid 3080004 (Żory), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Żory (Wikipedia)
Infobox established_date/established_title
Quote, Infobox established_date/established_title
First mentioned: 1258
3. 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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4. GeoNames: Żory - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3080004, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3080004, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.04523 18.70062 P PPLA2 PL 83 2479 247901 63174 251 Europe/Warsaw
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Wikidata: Zory
Wikidata Q393171, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Zory (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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