Bielsko-Biała [ˈbʲɛlskɔ ˈbʲawa] ( listen) (German: Bielitz-Biala; Czech: Bílsko-Bělá) is a city in southern Poland with 176,987 inhabitants (2006).
Bielsko-Biała is made of two former cities on opposite banks of the Biała River, Bielsko and Biała, amalgamated in 1951. Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), the city was previously capital of Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998). Bielsko-Biała is one of the most important cities of Euroregion Beskidy.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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