Nitriansky krai [2] ( Slovak. Nitriansky kraj ) is one of the eight territories of Slovakia with an administrative center in the city of Nitra . The area of the region is 6344 km². Located in southwestern Slovakia . It borders with Hungary .
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| Nitra region | |||||
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| Slovak Nitriansky kraj | |||||
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| A country | Slovakia | ||||
| Includes | 7 districts | ||||
| Adm. Centre | Nitra | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
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| Square | 6344 km² (5th place ) | ||||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 689 867 [1] people ( 2011 ) ( 3rd place ) | ||||
| Density | 108.74 people / km² (5th place) | ||||
| Nationalities | Slovaks, Hungarians | ||||
| Denominations | Catholics, Reforms, Lutherans | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| ISO 3166-2 Code | SK-NI | ||||
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Geography
The region is located in southwestern Slovakia, mainly in the eastern part of the Central Danube Lowland . Physically and geographically, it is divided into two regions: the Danube lowland and the Zhitny island in the south of the region and the Danube Upland in the north, east and in the center. The following mountain ranges are located on the territory of the region: Povazhski-Inovec in the north-west, Tribec north of Nitra, Pogronski-Inovec in the northeast, and the mountains of Štiavnitske-Vrhi in the east. The main rivers of the region are the Danube with its tributaries Gron , Vag , Nitra , Ipel .
Administrative Division
The Nitriansky Territory is divided into 7 districts (areas):
- Komarno
- Levice
- Nitra
- Nove Zamki
- Shalya
- Topolchani
- Zlate Moravec
Statistics ( 2011 )
National composition [3]
- Slovaks - 473,269 people (68.6%);
- Hungarians - 169,460 (24.6%);
- gypsies - 3987 people. (0.6%);
- Czechs - 3262 people. (0.5%);
- others - 39,889 people. (5.8%).
Confessional composition [4]
- Catholics - 486,021 (70.5%);
- reforms - 29 597 people (4.3%);
- Lutherans - 19,357 (2.8%);
- atheists - 82 488 people. (12.0%);
- others - 72,404 people. (10.5%).
Notes
- ↑ Population Census (2011)
- ↑ Slovakia // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 67. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ National composition (2011)
- ↑ Confessional composition (2011)