Editing Prešov Region

{{short description|Region of Slovakia}}
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| seat               = [[Prešov]]
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| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = [[Milan Majerský]] ([[Christian Democratic Movement|KDH]])
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| population_total   = 808931
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| demographics1_info1 = €7.451 billion (2016)
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| demographics1_info2 = €9,070 (2016)
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The '''Prešov Region''' ({{langx|sk|Prešovský [[kraj]]}}, {{IPA|sk|ˈpreʂɔwskiː ˈkraj|pron}}; {{langx|hu|Eperjesi kerület}}), also '''Priashiv Region'''<ref>
* {{cite book |last= Magocsi|first= Paul R.|date= 1999 |title= Of the Making of Nationalities There is No End: Speeches, debates, bibliographic works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sFBpAAAAMAAJ&q=Priashiv+ |publisher= East European Monographs|page=130 |isbn= 9780880334389}}
* {{cite book |last1= Horbal|first1= Bogdan|last2= Krafcik|first2= Patricia Ann|last3= Rusinko|first3= Elaine|date= 2006|title= Carpatho-Rusyns and Their Neighbors: Essays in Honor of Paul Robert Magocsi|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YnwjAQAAIAAJ&q=Priashiv+Region|publisher= Eastern Christian Publications|page= 82|isbn= 9781892278630}}
* {{cite book |last= Liber|first= George O.|date= 2016|title= Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yNgQDAAAQBAJ&q=Priashiv+Region&pg=PA269|publisher= University of Toronto Press|page= 269|isbn= 9781442627086}}
</ref> ({{langx|uk|Пряшівський край|Priashivskyi krai}}, {{IPA|uk|prʲaʃivsʲkɪj kraj|pron}}), is one of the eight [[Regions of Slovakia|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.po-kraj.sk/sk/fakty/zakladne-informacie/demografia/ |title=Demografia Prešovského samosprávneho kraja - VÚC Prešov |language=sk |publisher=Po-kraj.sk |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925025614/http://www.po-kraj.sk/sk/fakty/zakladne-informacie/demografia/ |archive-date=2013-09-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its administrative center is the city of [[Prešov]].

==Geography==
It is located in the north-eastern [[Slovakia]] and has an area of 8,975&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The region has a predominantly mountainous landscape. The subdivisions of [[Tatras]] – [[High Tatras]] and [[Belianske Tatras]] lie almost entirely in the region and include the highest point of Slovakia – [[Gerlachovský štít]] (2,654 ASL). Other mountain ranges and highlands in the region are [[Šarišská vrchovina]], [[Čergov]], [[Ondavská vrchovina]], [[Slanské vrchy]], [[Pieniny]], [[Levoča Hills]], [[Laborecká vrchovina]], [[Bukovské vrchy]], [[Vihorlat Mountains]] and [[Eastern Slovak Lowland]]. The basins in Prešov Region are [[Podtatranská kotlina]], [[Hornádska kotlina]] and [[Košice Basin]].

Major rivers in the region include the [[Poprad River|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 (river)|Torysa]] in the centre and the [[Ondava]] and [[Laborec]] in the east. As for administrative divisions, the region borders on the [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Lesser Poland]] and [[Subcarpathian Voivodeship|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|1970|605772|1980|678386|1991|739264|2001|789968|2011|814527|2021|808931|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/cd33d897-7314-41d0-a12b-a95e537d7a39/Statisticky_lexikon_obci_Slovenskej_republiky_2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy|language=sk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2021 - Population - Basic results|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/pocet-obyvatelov/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|date=2021-01-01}}</ref>}}The population density in the region is {{convert|92.13|PD/km2|PD/sqmi|abbr=on}} (2020-06-30/-07-01),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://krehel.sk/statistic_of_slovak_places_by_dusan_krehel/?lang=en&format=wiki_switch_pagename&type=density_pkm2&2020=on&all_places=on&in_places=&version=2020 |title=Statistic of Slovak places by Dušan Kreheľ – Export |access-date=2021-07-05 }}</ref> which is below the country's average (110 per km<sup>2</sup>). The largest towns are [[Prešov]], [[Poprad]], [[Humenné]], [[Bardejov]] and [[Snina]]. According to the 2011 census, there were 814,527 inhabitants in the region, with a majority of [[Slovaks]] (90.7%), with minorities of [[Romani people|Roma]] (4.0%), [[Rusyns]] (2.7%) and there are small minorities of [[Ukrainians]] (<1%) and [[Czech people|Czechs]] (<0.5%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.sk/webdata/english/census2001/tab/tab3a.htm |title=POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2001 - Tab. 3a |date=2006-11-29 |access-date=2013-08-19 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129153653/http://www.statistics.sk/webdata/english/census2001/tab/tab3a.htm |archive-date=November 29, 2006 }}</ref>

==Politics==
The current governor of Prešov region is [[:sk:Milan Majerský|Milan Majerský]] ([[Christian Democratic Movement|KDH]]). He won with 42% of the vote. In the 2017 election a regional parliament was also elected.

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: {{Color box|{{party color|Christian Democratic Movement}}|border=silver}} [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right group]]<ref>[[Freedom and Solidarity|SaS]], [[Christian Democratic Movement|KDH]], [[For the People (Slovakia)|ZĽ]]</ref> (20)
: {{Color box|{{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}|border=silver}} [[Voice – Social Democracy|Voice]] (20)
: {{Color box|#cccccc|border=silver}} [[Localism (politics)|Independent group]] (9)<ref><br>{{Color box|#dddddd|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (8)<br>{{Color box|#64FF8A|border=silver}} [[:sk:STAROSTOVIA A NEZÁVISLÍ KANDIDÁTI|STANK]] (1)</ref>
: {{Color box|#bbbbbb|border=silver}} [[Localism (politics)|Together for Region]] (8)<ref><br>{{Color box|#dddddd|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (8)</ref>
: {{Color box|#dddddd|border=silver}} Non-affiliated (8)<ref><br>{{Color box|#dddddd|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (4)<br>{{Color box|00B8FF|border=silver}} [[:sk:ŠANCA|Chance]], [[Progressive Slovakia|PS]], [[:sk:Demokratická strana (2006)|DS]], [[:sk:ODS – Občianski demokrati Slovenska|ODS]], [[Together – Civic Democracy|Together]] (1)<br>{{Color box|#FF2A10|border=silver}} [[Direction – Slovak Social Democracy|Direction]] (1)<br>{{Color box|#FF3600|border=silver}} [[Republic (Slovakia)|Republic]] (1)<br>{{Color box|#ff2a10|border=silver}} [[Dawn (Slovakia)|Dawn]] (1)</ref>
|last_election1=[[2022 Slovak regional elections|29 October 2022]]|meeting_place=[[Prešov]]|website=[https://www.po-kraj.sk/sk/samosprava/ County 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:
*[[Bardejov District|Bardejov]]
*[[Humenné District|Humenné]]
*[[Kežmarok District|Kežmarok]]
*[[Levoča District|Levoča]]
*[[Medzilaborce District|Medzilaborce]]
*[[Poprad District|Poprad]]
*[[Prešov District|Prešov]]
*[[Sabinov District|Sabinov]]
*[[Snina District|Snina]]
*[[Stará Ľubovňa District|Stará Ľubovňa]]
*[[Stropkov District|Stropkov]]
*[[Svidník District|Svidník]]
*[[Vranov nad Topľou District|Vranov nad Topľou]]

==See also==
* [[Spiš]]
* [[Šariš]]
* [[Zemplín (disambiguation)|Zemplín]]
* [[Union of Carpathian Youth]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book
 | last = Kopa
 | first = Ľudovít| title = The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks
 | year = 2006
 | publisher = Encyclopaedic Institute of the [[Slovak Academy of Sciences]]
 | location = Bratislava, Slovakia
 | isbn = 80-224-0925-1
|display-authors=etal}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Prešov Region}}
* [http://www.vucpo.sk/ Prešovský samosprávny kraj] - official website

{{Geographic location
| Northwest = 
| North     = {{flag|Opole Voivodeship|name=Opole}} and {{flag|Podkarpackie Voivodeship}}s, {{flag|Poland}}
| Northeast = 
| West      = {{flag|Žilina Region}}
| Centre    = {{flag|Prešov Region}}
| East      = {{flag|Zakarpattia Oblast}}, {{flag|Ukraine}}
| Southwest = {{flag|Banská Bystrica Region}}
| South     = {{flag|Košice Region}}
| Southeast = 
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