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BIELSKO-BIAŁA

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BIELSKO-BIAŁA. Bielsko-Biała is a city in southern Poland with 175,513 inhabitants . Bielsko-Biała is composed of two former cities on opposite banks of the Biała River, Silesian Bielsko and Lesser Poland's Biała, amalgamated in 1951. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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BIELSKO-BIAŁA

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Bielsko-Biała is a city in southern Poland with 175,513 inhabitants. Bielsko-Biała is composed of two former cities on opposite banks of the Biała River, Silesian Bielsko and Lesser Poland's Biała, amalgamated in 1951.Both town names refer to the Biała River, stemming from biel or biała, which means "white" in Polish.

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The city is situated on the border of historic Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland at the eastern rim of the smaller Cieszyn Silesia region, about 60 km (37 mi) south of Katowice. Administrated within 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 the Beskidy Euroregion and the main city of the Bielsko Industrial Region (Polish: Bielski Okręg Przemysłowy), part of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area.

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Bielsko-Biała is a beautiful city. It has a vibrant modernistic

presence being a student-city with its associated nightlife, as well as having numerous

historical sights.

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RAILWAY STATION

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HOTEL PREZYDENT

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TOWN HALL

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FROG HOUSE

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POST-OFFICE