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Opole Alytus, Agii Anargiri, Bonn, Bruntál, Carrara, Grasse. Ingolstadt, Kuopio, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Potsdam, Roanoke, Székesfehérvár) is a town in southern Poland on the Oder River. It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodship. It is the historical capital of Upper Silesia, which has a large German minority.

As a result of regional division of Poland following the death of Boleslaus III the Wrymouth, since 1283 Opole and all adjoining lands were a separate duchy, that initially shared the fate of Poland and then the fate of the rest of Silesia. Although the last ruler to hold the title of Duke of Opole was Jan Kazimierz II, who abdicated in 1668, the duchy continued to be an unit of administrative division until 1742, ruled by the Austrian Habsburgs as Kings of Bohemia.

table Management and Administration College in Opole (Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Administracji w Opolu)

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Opole constituency