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Erik Sečen 9.A
The Žilina Region is one of the eight Slovak
administratives regions and consists of 11 districts and 315
municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region
was established in 1923, however, in its present borders exists
from 1996. It is more industrial region with several large
towns. Žilina is region administrative center and a strong
cultural environment is in Martin.
 It is located in northern Slovakia and has an area of 6,804 km² and a population of
688,851 (2011). The whole area is mountainous, belonging to the
Western Carpathians. Some of the mountain ranges in the region include Javorníky,
the Lesser Fatra and theGreater Fatra inthewest, OravskáMagura, Chočské
vrchy, Low Tatras and Western Tatras in the east. Whole area belongs to
the Váh river basin. Some of its left tributaries are Turiec and Rajčanka rivers and
its right tributaries Belá, Orava and Kysuca. National parks on the region's territory
are the Lesser, Greater Fatra, Low Tatras and Tatra; landscape protected areas
are Strážovské vrchy, Kysuce and Horná Orava
 From the stagnation in the 1990s the region now enjoys relative
prosperity. Main employers are industry and tourism. The river Váh
valley, which runs across the entire region, forms a strong industrial base
with wood pulp and engineering factories as well
asVolkswagen and Kia plants in Žilina and Martin.
 After the fall of Great Moravia in the early 9th century, the area became
part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century practically to 1918.
Before the break it was part of the Hungarian counties
of Trenčín, Turiec, Orava and Liptov. After incorporation into
Czechoslovakia, the counties continued to exist under their Slovak names
of Trenčín, Turiec, Orava and Liptov, but only to 1923, when they were
replaced by (grand) counties ((veľ)župy) From 1928 it was part of the
administrative unit "Slovak Land". During the WWII Slovak
Republic, the area was split between Trenčín and Tatra counties.
... Since 1928 it was part of the administrative after reincorporation into
Czechoslovakia in 1945, the pre-war state was restored. In 1949-1960
there was a unit with the name Žilina Region but it was abolished in 1960
and the area became part of new Central Slovak Region, of which it was
part until 1990 (except 1969-70) when it was abolished. After the
independence of Slovakia in 1993, the current region was established in
1996. Since the administrative regions became autonomous in 2002, it is
governed by the Žilina Self-Governing Region.
 The population density in the region is 102 inhabitants per km². The largest
towns are Žilina, Martin, Liptovský
Mikuláš, Ružomberok and Čadca. The level of urbanization is relatively
low, with about 50% of the population living in the towns, with
the Námestovo District having the lowest urbanization in the whole of
Slovakia, only 15%. According to the 2001 census, there were 692,332
inhabitants in the region, almost wholly Slovaks (97.5%), with small
minorities of Czechs (1%) and Roma (0.5%).
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Wedding palace - Bytča
Slovak betlehem – Rajecká Lesná
Rajecké teplice
Medieval village Paseka - Hrad Strečno
Bathhouse Aphrodite
Rafting on river Váh
Orava‘s castle
Chalet Krajinka
Museum of Orava village
Slovak orloj – Stará Bystrica