Šaľa District

Šaľa District
District
Country Slovakia
Region (kraj) Nitra Region
Area
  Total 356 km2 (137 sq mi)
Population (2001)
  Total 54,000
  Density 150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Telephone prefix 31

Šaľa District (Slovak: okres Šaľa; Hungarian: Vágsellyei járás) is a district in the Nitra Region of western Slovakia. Until 1918, the district formed mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Nyitra, apart from a small area in the west around Diakovce, Tešedíkovo and Žihárec which formed part of the county of Pressburg.

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Coordinates: 48°9′5″N 17°52′33″E / 48.15139°N 17.87583°E