Pyskowice (Katowice, Poland)
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Name (Hebrew)
פיסקוויץ (קטוביץ, פולין)
Name (Latin)
Pyskowice (Katowice, Poland)
Other forms of name
Peiskretscham (Katowice, Poland)
Coordinates
018.8914664 019.1229190 050.2973176 050.1300272 (gooearth )
Associated country
Poland
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Okręgowe Przedsiębiorstwo Geodezyjno-Kartograficzne. Pyskowice, plan miasta, 1991, c1988.
- BGN gaz. Poland, 2nd ed., 1988(Pyskowice, PPL, 50p0s24ʹN 18p0s38ʹE, in Katowice Voiv.; cites another)
- Col. Lipp. gaz., 1962(Pyskowice, Ger. Peiskretscham, town, Katowice prov., Poland)
Wikipedia description:
Pyskowice [pɨskɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Peiskretscham) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Outer city of the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. Pyskowice is one of the towns of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 18,432 (2019). It borders Gliwice, one of the largest cities of the metropolitan area, in the south.
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