Cieszyn | |
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State | Lublin Voivodeship |
Country | Poland |
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Cieszyn (Polish: [ˈtɕɛʂɨn] (listen); Czech: Těšín [ˈcɛʃiːn] (listen); German: Teschen; Latin: Tessin) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 34,513 inhabitants (as of 2019), and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic's Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region.
Muscat | |
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Population | 1090797 |
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