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Encyclopedia > Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica, SNP Square, town centre
Banská Bystrica, SNP Square, town centre
Banská Bystrica
Region (kraj) Banská Bystrica region
District (okres) Banská Bystrica
Geographic coordinates 48°44' N, 19°9' E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=48_44_N_19_9_E_) 5
Altitude 362 m
Population 85,000 (1991)
Area 103.37 km²
Car registration plate BB

Banská Bystrica (Hungarian: Besztercebánya, German: Neusohl) is a town in central Slovakia at the Hron river and at the Lower Tatra mountains. Seat of a region (kraj) or Higher Territorial Unit (VÚC) and of a district (okres). Banská Bystrica File links The following pages link to this file: Banská Bystrica ... Banská Bystrica File links The following pages link to this file: Banská Bystrica ... Banska Bystrica, Slovakia File links The following pages link to this file: Banská Bystrica ... Banska Bystrica, Slovakia File links The following pages link to this file: Banská Bystrica ... Slovakia is subdivided into 8 kraje (singular - kraj, usually translated as regions, but actually meaning rather county), each of which is named after their principal city. ... Shortcut: {{GR|#}} {{Cite:GR|#}} The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum, called zero level. ... The metre, symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Car registration plates in Slovakia: Since 1997, a car registration plate number (EČ, evidenčné číslo) generally takes the form XX-NNNYY, where XX is a two letter code corresponding to a district (okres), NNN is three digit number and YY are two letters (assigned alphabetically). ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... The Hron (German: Gran, Hungarian: Garam) is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube in Slovakia. ... For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... Mount Dumbier (right) and Mount Chopok (middle) The Low Tatra or Low Tatras (Slovak Nízke Tatry) is a mountain range in central eastern Slovakia. ... A kraj (plural: kraje) is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and historically in Czechoslovakia. ... Slovakia is subdivided into 8 kraje (singular - kraj, usually translated as regions, but actually meaning rather county), each of which is named after their principal city. ...


In the past, Banská Bystrica was an important mining town. In the 20th century it was the center of central Slovakia. The town has a historic center. The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...



The Low Tatra mountain range nearby provides good opportunities for winter sports. Mount Dumbier (right) and Mount Chopok (middle) The Low Tatra or Low Tatras (Slovak Nízke Tatry) is a mountain range in central eastern Slovakia. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter, usually a sport played on snow or ice. ...


See also

This is the history of Slovakia. ...

External link

  • Town information (http://www.bbb.sk/en/) from Matej Bel University


 

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