Prešov Region

Prešov
Region
Flag Coat of Arms
Country	Slovakia
Districts	13  - Bardejov  - Humenné  - Kežmarok  - Levoča  - Medzilaborce  - Poprad  - Prešov  - Sabinov  - Snina  - Stará Ľubovňa  - Stropkov  - Svidník  - Vranov nad Topľou
Seat	Prešov
- elevation	250 m (820 ft)
- coordinates	49°00′06″N 21°14′22″E
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) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 13 districts. Region was established in 1996, in 1923 it were two separate regions on a present region territory and in 1960 was the region part of a larger region with a center in Košice. The region is the most populous of all regions in Slovakia, however population density is under Slovak average.

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 90,8 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 2011 census, there were 814,527 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%).

Administrative division

The Prešov Region consists of 13 districts.

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

See also

• Spiš
• Šariš
• Zemplín

Further reading

• Kopa, Ľudovít et al. (2006). The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks. Bratislava, Slovakia: Encyclopaedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. ISBN 80-224-0925-1. 

External links

• Prešovský samosprávny kraj Official website