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<b>Silesian Voivodeship</b> (Polish: <i>województwo śląskie</i> or simply <i>Śląskie</i>) is a voivodeship, or province in southern Poland. Its capital city is Katowice.
==Cities and towns==[[ImageFile:Slaskie_(EE,E_NN,N).png|200px|thumb|right|]]
The voivodeship contains 72 cities and towns. Ten biggest of them are listed below in descending order of population (according to [http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_P_population_size_structure_31_12_2008.pdf official figures] for 2008):
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1. [[Katowice]] (309,621)<br/>2. [[Częstochowa]] (240,612)<br/>3. [[Sosnowiec]] (221,259)<br/>4. [[Gliwice]] (196,669)<br/>5. [[Zabrze]] (188,401)<br/>6. [[Bytom]] (183,829)<br/>7. [[Bielsko-Biała]] (175,677)<br/>8. [[Ruda Śląska]] (143,930)<br/>9. [[Rybnik]] (141,177)<br/>10. [[Tychy]] (129,475)<br/>
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