Chorzów
Chorzów (/ˈxɒʒuːf/ KHOZH-oof; Polish: [ˈxɔʐuf] ⓘ; German: Königshütte [ˈkøːnɪçsˌhʏtə] ⓘ; Silesian: Chorzōw) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (a tributary of the Vistula).
Chorzów
Chorzōw (Silesian) | |
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Teatr Rozrywki | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Chorzów | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′N 18°57′E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | city county |
| Established | 1257 |
| City rights | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Andrzej Kotala (KO) |
| Area | |
| • City | 33.24 km2 (12.83 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
| • City | 105,628 |
| • Density | 3,166.9/km2 (8,202/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 4,620,624 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41–500 to 41–506 |
| Area code | +48 32 |
| Car plates | SH |
| Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
| Website | https://chorzow.eu/ |
Administratively, Chorzów is in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, previously Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, the Silesian Voivodeship. Chorzów is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – the Katowice urban area and within a greater Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area with the population of about 5,294,000 people. The population within the city limits is 105,628 as of December 2021.