Tarnowskie Góry [tarˈnɔfskʲɛ ˈɡurɨ] (German: Tarnowitz, established in 1526; Silesian: Tarnowske Gůry) is a town in Silesia (southern Poland), located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice. On the south it borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – megalopolis, greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 60,975 (2008).[2] As of 1999, part of Silesian Voivodeship, previously Katowice Voivodeship