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Also known as Košický kraj

region of Slovakia

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Košice Region is an administrative region located in eastern Slovakia. It matters as a significant economic and cultural area in the country's eastern part, encompassing the city of Košice, Slovakia's second-largest city.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Košický kraj
Country
Slovakia
Located in
Slovakia
Capital
Košice
Population
777933
Area
6754.270430
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Banská Bystrica Region
Highest point
Stolica
Official website
web.vucke.sk
Image
Sľubica 001.jpg
Has parts of class
district of Slovakia
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Commons category
Košice Region
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Košice Region
topic's main category
Category:Košice Region
category for people born here
Category:Births in Košice Region
category of associated people
Category:People from the Košice Region
inception
1996-07-24
native label
Košický kraj
language used
Romani
topic has template
Template:Košice Region
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Encyclopedic overview

The Košice Region (Slovak: Košický kraj, IPA: [ˈkɔʂitskiː ˈkraj]; Hungarian: Kassai kerület; Ukrainian: Кошицький край, romanized: Košyćkyj kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which have a town status. About one third of the region's population lives in the agglomeration of Košice, which is its main economic and cultural centre.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Košice Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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