Bielsko-Biała (Czech: Bílsko-Bělá; German: Bielitz-Biala; Hebrew: בילסקו ביאלה) is a city in southern Poland with a population of approximately 171,259 as of 2018. The city is a centre of the Bielsko Urban Agglomeration with 325,000 inhabitants and is an industrial (automotive), transport, and tourism hub. Located north of the Beskid Mountains, Bielsko-Biała is composed of two former cities on opposite banks of the Biała River, Silesian Bielsko and Lesser Poland's Biała, which merged in 1951.