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Ruda ÅlÄ ska
Poland
Ruda ÅlÄ ska, city, ÅlÄ skie wojewĆ³dztwo (province), south-central Poland, in the heart of the Upper Silesia coal-mining region. An old industrial city, Ruda ÅlÄ ska was founded in the Middle Ages as an iron-mining settlement, but it was not incorporated until after World War II. Polandās first coal mine was operated there in 1751. Pop. (2011) 142,510.
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