Katowice Voivodeship [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Katowice Voivodeship
Katowice Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice.
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995): 
- Katowice (354,200);
- Sosnowiec (249,000);
- Bytom (227,600);
- Gliwice (214,000);
- Zabrze (201,600);
- Ruda Śląska (166,300);
- Rybnik (144,300);
- Tychy
Silesian Voivodeship (1920–39)
The Silesian Voivodeship () was an autonomous province (voivodeship) of the interwar Second Polish Republic. It became part of the newly reborn Poland as a result of the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, the Geneva Conventions, three Upper Silesian Uprisings, and the eventual partition of Upper Silesia between Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia. The capital of the voivodeship was Katowice.
The voivodeship was dissolved on October 8, 1939 following the German invasion of Poland, and its territory was incorporated into the German Province