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Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia with a population of around 230,000, located in the eastern part of the country near the borders with Hungary and Ukraine. Situated on the Hornád river at the edge of the Slovak Ore Mountains, it serves as a major urban center in eastern Slovakia.
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Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Košice
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- City
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- Flag of Košice.png
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- Coat of Arms of Košice.svg
- Slovak place.image_blank_emblem
- Kosice logo.png
- Slovak place.blank_emblem_type
- Logo
- Slovak place.nickname
- City of Tolerance
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Košice Self-governing Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type3
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name3
- Košice I, Košice II, Košice III, Košice IV
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia#Slovakia Košice Region
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- yes
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- Location in Slovakia##Location in Košice Region
- Slovak place.leader_party
- Independent
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- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Jaroslav Polaček
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- First mentioned
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Kassa
- Demonym
- kassai
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Abaúj-Torna County
- Contains
- Košice IV
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 222286
- Area
- 243.733972
- Elevation
- 214
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Body of water
- Hornád
- Capital of
- Abaúj-Torna County
- Official website
- www.kosice.sk
- Image
- Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice.jpg
- Dialing code
- 055
- Licence plate code
- KE
- Coat of arms
- Coat of arms of Košice
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- P6482
- Košice
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Košice
- twinned administrative body
- Kryvyi Rih
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Košice
- Commons category
- Košice
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Košice
- Commons gallery
- Košice
- owner of
- Lokomotíva Stadium
- postal code
- 040 00
- native label
- Košice
- time of earliest written record
- 1230-00-00
- inception
- 1230-00-00
- described by source
- National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
- phone number
- +421-55
- located in/on physical feature
- Košická kotlina
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- different from
- Koszyce
- topic's main category
- Category:Košice
- P8168
- Rob Schroeder
- annual number of weddings
- 934
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5
- P11012
- Upper Lusatia
- P12749
- 5th century
- number of viewers/listeners
- 685535
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Article · Deutsch
Košice ([ˈkɔʃɪʦɛ] , deutsch Kaschau, ungarisch Kassa, Romani Kascha, neulateinisch Cassovia) ist eine Stadt am Fluss Hornád im Osten der Slowakei nahe der Grenze zu Ungarn. Mit ihren 238.138 Einwohnern (Stand: 31. Dezember 2020) ist sie nach Bratislava die zweitgrößte Stadt des Landes. Košice ist zentraler Ort der Ostslowakei und Sitz eines Landschaftsverbands (Košický kraj). Die Stadt gliedert sich in vier Verwaltungsbezirke (okresy). Die Stadt ist griechisch-katholischer und evangelisch-reformierter Bischofssitz. Seit 1995 befindet sich hier auch der Sitz des römisch-katholischen Erzbistums. Košice ist überdies Universitätsstadt, Sitz des Verfassungsgerichtes, kulturelles Zentrum mit mehreren Museen, Galerien und Theater und ein Zentrum der Volksgruppe der Roma der Slowakei. Das Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist der gotische Dom der Heiligen Elisabeth. Die Stadt war gemeinsam mit Marseille Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2013.
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