S' e [[baile]] mòr ann an ceann a deas na [[a' Phòlainn|Pòlainn]] a th’ ann an '''Katowice''' ([[IPA]]: '''katɔ'vʲitsɛ ''', [[Gearmailtis]]: Kattowitz, Latbhais /[[Seacais]]: Katovice, [[Liotuànais]]: Katovicai, [[Laideann]]: Katovicum). Tha e suidhichte aig 293m os cionn ìre na [[Muir|mara]],<ref>[[http://population.mongabay.com/population/poland/3096472/katowice Mongabay]</ref> ri taobh [[Abhainn|na h-aibhne]] Rawa,<ref>[http://www.wodociagi.katowice.pl/edukacja/regulacja_rzeki_rawy.html Katowickie Wodociągi]</ref> anns an roinn Śląskie. Ann an 2009 bha 308,724 duine a' fuireach ann. Tha Katowice 272km air falbh bho [[Lublin]], 67km bho [[Kraków]], 454km bho [[Gdańsk]] agus 260km bho [[Warsaw]], prìomh-bhaile na [[Dùthaich|dùthcha]].<ref>[http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/World_Distance_Calculator.asp Global Feed Distance Calculator]</ref> ‘S e an 10mh baile as motha na [[Dùthaich|dùthcha]] a th’ann.<ref>[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=pnan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-173 World Gazetteer]</ref> A bharrachd air sin, fhuair am baile a chuid chòirichean ann an [[1865]]<ref>[http://katowice.friko.pl/historia/historia_6b.htm Katowice Friko]</ref> agus chaidh oilthigh a stèidheachadh ann an [[1968]].<ref>[http://www.us.edu.pl/ Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach]</ref>
