Katowice (kätôvēˈtsĕ) [key], Ger. Kattowitz, city (1993 est.
pop. 366,200), capital of Śląskie prov., S Poland. One of the
chief mining and industrial centers of Poland, it has industries
producing heavy machinery and chemicals; mines in the region
yield coal, iron, zinc, and lead. The city was chartered in 1865
and passed from Germany to Poland in 1921. Katowice is also an
important educational and cultural center. The Columbia
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