southern Slovakia

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Southern Slovakia is the historically multiethnic, predominantly Hungarian-inhabited border region of Slovakia that has frequently been subject to territorial changes and disputes in Central Europe.

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southern Slovakia canonical 23

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
historical region
affectedByEvent creation of Czechoslovakia
dissolution of Austria-Hungary
dissolution of Czechoslovakia
affectedByTreaty First Vienna Award
Second Vienna Award
Treaty of Trianon
borders Hungary
climate temperate continental
containsCity Dunajská Streda
Fiľakovo
Galanta
Hurbanovo
Kolárovo
Komárno
Kráľovský Chlmec
Levice
Lučenec
Nové Zámky
Rimavská Sobota
Rožňava
Trebišov
Veľký Krtíš
Čalovo (Veľký Meder)
Šahy
Šamorín
Štúrovo
Šurany
containsRegion Abov
Gemer
Malohont
Medzibodrožie
Mátyusföld
Novohrad
Zemplín
Žitný ostrov
country Slovakia
hasCharacteristic historically multiethnic
predominantly Hungarian-inhabited
subject to frequent border changes
subject to territorial disputes
hasDemographicTrend declining proportion of ethnic Hungarians in 20th and 21st centuries
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cross-border trade
viticulture
hasEthnicMajority Hungarians
hasMajorRiver Danube
Hron
Ipeľ
hasMinorityRightsIssue Hungarian language use in public administration
bilingual signage
minority education
hasSignificantMinority Slovaks
hasTransportCorridor Bratislava–Budapest route
Košice–Miskolc route
historicallyInhabitedBy Germans
Hungarians
Jews
Roma
Slovaks
languageWidelySpoken Hungarian
Slovak
linked to: Slovak language
locatedIn Carpathian Basin
Central Europe
overlapsWith Banská Bystrica Region
Bratislava Region
Košice Region
Nitra Region
Trnava Region
partOf Slovakia–Hungary border region
partOfHistoricalConcept Felvidék
Upper Hungary
politicallySensitiveIssueIn Hungary
Slovakia
wasPartOf Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
linked to: Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia
First Czechoslovak Republic
Kingdom of Hungary
Slovak Republic
linked to: Slovakia

Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

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First Vienna Award affectedRegion southern Slovakia
Second Czechoslovak Republic lostRegion southern Slovakia
Hron locatedIn southern Slovakia
Galanta locatedIn southern Slovakia
Veľký Krtíš locatedIn southern Slovakia
Šahy locatedIn southern Slovakia
Kráľovský Chlmec locatedIn southern Slovakia
Hurbanovo locatedIn southern Slovakia
Kolárovo locatedIn southern Slovakia
Čalovo locatedIn southern Slovakia
subject linked to: Čalovo (Veľký Meder)
Žitný ostrov locatedIn southern Slovakia
Mátyusföld locatedIn southern Slovakia
Medzibodrožie locatedIn southern Slovakia
Gemer locatedIn southern Slovakia
Malohont locatedIn southern Slovakia
Nové Zámky locatedIn southern Slovakia
Komárno locatedIn southern Slovakia
Rimavská Sobota locatedIn southern Slovakia
Levice locatedIn southern Slovakia
Rožňava locatedIn southern Slovakia
Fiľakovo locatedIn southern Slovakia
Lučenec locatedIn southern Slovakia
Tisovec locatedIn southern Slovakia