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Świętochłowice
Poland
Świętochłowice, city, Śląskie województwo (province), south-central Poland; it is a northwestern suburb of the city of Katowice in the heavily industrialized Upper Silesia coalfields. The local economy is based on coal mining and the iron and steelmaking industry. Pop. (2011) 53,150.
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