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Bars (Latin: comitatus Barsiensis, Hungarian: Bars, Slovak: Tekov, German: Barsch) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central and southern Slovakia. Today in Slovakia, Tekov is the informal designation of the corresponding territory.
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Bars County shared borders with the Hungarian counties Nyitra (Slovak: Nitra), Turóc Slovak: Turiec), Zólyom (Slovak: Zvolen), Hont, Esztergom (Slovak: Ostrihomský komitát / Ostrihomská stolica / Ostrihomská župa) and Komárom (Slovak: Komárno). It was situated along the Hron river between Hont in the east, Kremnica (Hungarian: Körmöcbánya and Hronská Dúbrava in the north (which were part of the county), the Žitava river in the west, and Bešeňov and Bíňa in the south (which was not part of the county). The rivers Hron and Žitava ran through the county. The county was characterised by mining. Around 1910, its area was 2,724 km2 (1,052 sq mi).
The capital of the county was the Tekov Castle, then Levice Castle, then from the late 16th century Topoľčianky and since the late 18th century Zlaté Moravce.
The county arose in the 11th century. The southern part of this county was occupied by Ottoman Empire between 1663 and 1685 and managed as Uyvar eyalet by her. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.
Following the provisions of the controversial First Vienna Award, the southern part of the area came under Hungarian control in November 1938. This was merged with the southern part of former Hont county to form Bars-Hont county, with capital Levice (Hungarian: Léva).
After World War II, the Trianon borders were restored and the area was completely in Czechoslovakia again. In 1993, Czechoslovakia was split and Tekov became part of Slovakia.
Population by language (1910 manipulated[1][2] census by the ruling Hungarian bureaucracy):
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Bars/Tekov county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Aranyosmarót | Aranyosmarót, SK Zlaté Moravce |
| Garamszentkereszt | Garamszentkereszt, SK Žiar nad Hronom |
| Léva | Léva, SK Levice |
| Oszlány | Oszlány, SK Oslany |
| Verebély | Verebély, SK Vráble |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Körmöcbánya, SK Kremnica | |
| Léva, SK Levice | |
| Újbánya, SK Nová Baňa | |
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