Prešov Region

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Prešov Region
Prešovský Kraj
Region
UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSK-PV
Websitewww.po-kraj.sk/sk/

The Prešov Region (Slovak: Prešovský kraj, pronounced [ˈpreʂɔwskiː ˈkraj]; Hungarian: Eperjesi kerület), also Priashiv Region[2] (Ukrainian: Пряшівський край, romanized: Priashivskyi krai, pronounced [prʲaʃivsʲkɪj kraj]), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the most populous of all the regions in Slovakia.[3] Its administrative center is the city of Prešov.

Geography

It is located in the north-eastern

Bukovské vrchy, Vihorlat Mountains and Eastern Slovak Lowland. The basins in Prešov Region are Podtatranská kotlina, Hornadská kotlina and Košice Basin
.

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

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1980678,386—    
1991739,264+9.0%
2001789,968+6.9%
2011814,527+3.1%
2021808,931−0.7%
Source:[4]

The population density in the region is 92.13/km2 (238.6/sq mi) (2020-06-30/-07-01),

Czechs (<0.5%).[6]

Politics

The current governor of Prešov region is Milan Majerský (KDH). He won with 42% of the vote. In the 2017 election a regional parliament was also elected.

County Council of Prešov region
Unicameral
HousesCounty Council
Leadership
Governor
Structure
Seats65
Political groups
  Centre-right group[7] (20)
  Voice (20)
  Independent group (9)[8]
  Together for Region (8)[9]
  Non-affiliated (8)[10]
Elections
Last election
29 October 2022
Meeting place
Prešov
Website
Council of Prešov region

Administrative division

The Prešov Region consists of 13 districts. There are 666 municipalities, of which 23 are towns, where about half of the region's population live.

Districts:

See also

References

  1. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  2. ^
    • Magocsi, Paul R. (1999). Of the Making of Nationalities There is No End: Speeches, debates, bibliographic works. East European Monographs. p. 130.
      ISBN 9780880334389
      .
    • Horbal, Bogdan; Krafcik, Patricia Ann; Rusinko, Elaine (2006). Carpatho-Rusyns and Their Neighbors: Essays in Honor of Paul Robert Magocsi. Eastern Christian Publications. p. 82.
      ISBN 9781892278630
      .
    • Liber, George O. (2016). Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954. University of Toronto Press. p. 269.
      ISBN 9781442627086
      .
  3. ^ "Demografia Prešovského samosprávneho kraja - VÚC Prešov" (in Slovak). Po-kraj.sk. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  4. ^ "SLOVAKIA: Regions and Major Cities". Citypopulation. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Statistic of Slovak places by Dušan Kreheľ – Export". Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  6. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2001 - Tab. 3a". 2006-11-29. Archived from the original on November 29, 2006. Retrieved 2013-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ SaS, KDH, ZĽ
  8. ^
      Independent (8)
      STANK (1)
  9. ^
      Independent (8)
  10. Direction (1)
      Republic (1)
      Dawn
    (1)

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