Silesia

Silesa => is a Central European region partitioned between Poland and the Czech Republic

Regions

Silesia consist of two geographical regions:

• Upper Silesia - the eastern part of Silesia with the historical capital in Opole
• Lower Silesia - the western part of Silesia with the capital in Wroclaw which was known to be a capital of whole Silesia

Nowadays Silesia is splitted between five sub-regions. Four of them belongs to Poland and one to Czech Republic. Three of polish sub-regions are following voivodeships: Dolnoslaskie with capital in Wroclaw, Opolskie with capital in Opole, Slaskie with capital in Katowice. Fourth old-silesian sub-region with main city Zielona Gora has became included to Lubuskie voivodeship together with Gorzow Wielkopolski.

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