a city in southeastern Poland on the Wisłok River in the foothills of the Carpathians. It is the administrative center of Rzeszów Województwo. Population, 82,200 (1970). Rzeszów is a railroad junction. Its major industries are machine building, including automobile and airplane engines, and food processing (meat combine, fruit cannery); there is also a plant producing industrial porcelain. The city has an advanced engineering school and a pedagogical institute (since 1965), as well as a museum of the Rzeszów region. The city was founded in the 14th century.