Ruda Śląska (Poland)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
רודה שלונסקה (פולין)
Name (Latin)
Ruda Śląska (Poland)
Other forms of name
nnaa Ruda Śląska, Poland
Coordinates
18.87424 18.87424 50.27006 50.27006 (gooearth )
Associated country
Poland
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 142048511
Wikidata: Q108679
Library of congress: n 93124801
Sources of Information
  • Przedsiębiorstwo Geodezyjno-Kartograficzne. Ruda Śląska, plan miasta, 1992.
  • LC database 12-29-93(hdg.: Ruda Śląska, Poland)
  • BGN gaz. Poland, 2nd ed., 1988(Ruda Śląska, PPL, 50p0s19ʹN 18p0s51ʹE, in Katowice voiv.)
Wikipedia description:

Ruda Śląska (German: Ruda O.S.; Silesian: Ślōnsko Ruda) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a city in the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of two million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica River (tributary of the Oder). It has been part of the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously, it was in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, part of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Ruda Śląska is one of the cities in the Katowice urban area (population 2.7 million) and within the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area (population 5,294,000). The population of the city is 135,008 (December 2021).

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