Košice Region

Košice
Region
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Country	Slovakia
Districts	11  - Gelnica  - Košice I  - Košice II  - Košice III  - Košice IV  - Košice–okolie  - Michalovce  - Rožňava  - Sobrance  - Spišská Nová Ves  - Trebišov
Seat	Košice
- elevation	206 m (676 ft)
- coordinates
Highest point	Stolica
- elevation	1,476 m (4,843 ft)
Lowest point	Bodrog near Borša
- elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Area	6,751.9 km² (2,606.9 sq mi)
Population	775,509 (2008-12-31)
Density	115 / km² (298 / sq mi)
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.kosice-region.sk

Košice Region

The Košice Region (Slovak: Košický kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 11 districts (okresy).

Geography

It is located in the southern part of the east Slovakia and covers an area of 6,752 km². The western part of the region is composed of the eastern part of the Slovak Ore Mountains, including its subdivisions: Slovak Karst, Slovak Paradise, Volovské vrchy, Čierna hora. The Hornád Basin is located in the north-west. The area between Slovak Ore Mountains and Slanské vrchy is covered by the Košice Basin, named after the city. Area east of Slanské vrchy is covered by the Eastern Slovak Lowland and there is a volcanic range of Vihorlat Mountains in the north-east, close to the Ukrainian border. Bigger rivers include Slaná in the south-west, Hornád in the west and centre, Uh and Bodrog in the east, along with a small part of the Tisza river in the extreme south-east. As for administrative divisions, the region borders Prešov Region in the north, Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine in the east, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén counties of Hungary in the south and the Banská Bystrica Region in the west.

Demographics

The population density in the region is 114 inhabitants per km², which is very similar to the country's average (110 per km²). The largest towns are Košice, Michalovce, Spišská Nová Ves, Trebišov and Rožňava. According to the 2001 census, there were 766,012 inhabitants in the region, with a majority of Slovaks (81.8%), but there is a numerous Hungarian minority (11.2%) in the south, and there are minorities of Roma (3.9%) and Czechs(<1%).^[1]

List of districts

• Gelnica District
• Košice I
• Košice II
• Košice III
• Košice IV
• Košice–okolie (countryside around Košice)
• Michalovce District
• Rožňava District
• Sobrance District
• Spišská Nová Ves District
• Trebišov District

List of municipalities and towns

There are 440 municipalities, of which 17 are towns (in bold)

References

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

See also

• Košice Self-governing Region

External links

• Košický samosprávny kraj Official website

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