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Suchá Hora
Žilinavillage
Suchá Hora
Total population
1,319
Founded
1566
Demographic figures from Statistical Office of Slovakia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Suchá Hora is a village and municipality in Tvrdošín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
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History
The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. The village was founded in the mid 16th century based on Wallachian Law. Around 1890, the village had a population of 804, 91,8% Polish by ethnicity. It became again part of Poland in 1918, then it passed to Czechoslovakia in 1919, back to Poland in 1920, to Czechoslovakia in 1924, to Poland in 1938, to Slovakia in 1939, to Czechoslovakia in 1945 and to Slovakia in 1993.
Geography
Suchá Hora is located in the historical region of Orava.
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Nearby places in Žilina
- Hladovka1.4 mi away · pop. 975
- Vitanová2.9 mi away · pop. 1,253
- Čimhová4.3 mi away
- Liesek5.5 mi away · pop. 2,689
- Brezovica6.4 mi away · pop. 1,326
- Trstená8.2 mi away · pop. 7,537
- Zábiedovo8.8 mi away · pop. 813
- Habovka10.3 mi away · pop. 1,350
- Tvrdošín10.8 mi away · pop. 9,401
- Zuberec10.8 mi away · pop. 1,841
- Štefanov nad Oravou11.1 mi away · pop. 633
- Bobrov11.9 mi away · pop. 1,579
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API