Prievidza District

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Prievidza District
Region (kraj) Trenčín Region
Population 140,444 (2001)
Area 960 km² (370 sq mi)
Time Zone
• Summer DST
CET: UTC+1
CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix +421-46
Car registration plate PD
Prievidza District location map

Prievidza District (okres Prievidza) is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Nitra, apart from a small area in the south west around Handlová which formed part of the county of Tekov.

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