Katowice

Ko Katowice (whakahuatanga: [katɔ'vʲitsɛ] he tāone nui o Pōrana, tētahi o ngā tāone mātua o te takiwā o Hirehia ki te Tonga (Upper Silesia) i Pōrana, i ngā taha o te awa Kłodnica me te awa Rawa.

Nō te tau 1999, ka whakatūria a Katowice hei tāone mātua o te rohe poti o Hirehia. Ko Katowihi te tāone nui o te Takiwā Ahumahi o Hirehia ki te Tonga. Ko 321,163 te nui o tana taupori, engari te nui o te taupori o ngā wāhanga katoa o te tāone he 3,487,000 i te 2004.

Ko te takiwā o Katowice he wāhi i nohoia ai e ngā Hirehiana nō mua noa atu. I ahu mai ōna rangatira tuatahi i te whānau Piast, he whānau pōrana o Hirehia. Nō te whakangarongarotanga o taua whānau, ka hurihia ki raro i te mana o te whānau Hapsburg. Ka whakatūria tonutia te tāone i tērā atu rautau, i te wā i whakatakaina ai te rohe i runga i te Kīngitanga o Peruhia. Ka whakaingoatia a Katowice hei tāone nui i te tau 1865. Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata kainoho he Tiamana, he Hirehiana, he Hūrai, he Pōrana. Nō te 1918 ki te 1921, ka noho a Katowice i runga i te mana Whenua Tū Wehe Tuarua o Pōrana. Kātahi ka wehea te whenua e tētahi komihana o ngā taua haumi, ā, i waiho a Katowice ki te taha pōrana i runga anō i tōna ake mana motuhake.