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Prešov
Region
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Country Slovakia
Districts
13
Seat Prešov
 - elevation 250 m (820 ft)
 - coordinates 49°00′06″N 21°14′22″E / 49.00167°N 21.23944°E / 49.00167; 21.23944
Highest point Gerlachovský štít
 - elevation 2,654 m (8,707 ft)
Lowest point Ondava near Dlhé Klčovo
 - elevation 105 m (344 ft)
Area 8,974.5 km2 (3,465.1 sq mi)
Population 807,011 (2008-12-31)
Density 90 / km2 (233 / sq mi)
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.po-kraj.sk
Prešov Region

The Prešov Region (Slovak: Prešovský kraj; Hungarian: Eperjesi kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 13 districts.

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Geography

It is located in north-eastern Slovakia and has an area of 8,975 km². The region has diverse types of landscapes occurring in Slovakia, but mostly highlands and hilly lands dominate the area. The Tatras are located in the north-west, along with its subdivisions, High Tatras and Belianske Tatras, including the highest point of Slovakia - Gerlachovský štít (2,654 ASL). A small part of the Low Tatras reaches into the region. Basins in the western part are Podtatranská kotlina and Hornadská kotlina, and other ranges include Pieniny and Levoča Hills. The central part is composed of the Šarišská vrchovina, Čergov, Ondavská vrchovina, Slanské vrchy and others and the Košice Basin around Prešov. The eastern part is composed of the upper reaches of the Eastern Slovak Lowland, highland Laborecká vrchovina and mountain ranges of Bukovské vrchy and the Vihorlat Mountains. Major rivers in the region include the Poprad in the west, which is the only major Slovak river in the Baltic Sea watershed, a small part of Hornád in the south-west, a small part of Dunajec in the north, the Torysa in the centre and the Ondava and Laborec in the east. As for administrative divisions, the region borders on the Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian voivodeships in Poland in the north, Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine in the east, Košice Region in the south, Banská Bystrica Region in the south-west and Žilina Region in the west.

Demographics

The population density in the region is 89 inhabitants per km², which is below the country's average (110 per km²). The largest towns are Prešov, Poprad, Humenné, Bardejov and Snina. According to the 2001 census, there were 789,968 inhabitants in the region, with a majority of Slovaks (90.7%), with minorities of Roma (4%), Ruthenians (2.7%) and there are small minorities of Ukrainians (<1%) and Czechs (<0.5%).1

List of districts

List of municipalities and towns

There are 666 municipalities, of which 23 are towns (in bold), where about half of the region's population live

See also

References

  1. ^ POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2001 - Tab. 3a

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