Opole (,
Silesian German:
Uppeln, ) is a city in southern
Poland on the
Oder River (Odra). It has a population of 125,992 (June 2009) and is the capital of the
Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of
Opole County. Today, many
German Upper Silesians and Poles of
German ancestry live in the Opole region; in the city itself, however, Germans make up less than 3% of the population. It was also the capital of the historical region of
Upper Silesia.