Key facts
- Country
- Slovakia
- Region kraj
- Žilina Region
- Cultural region
- Upper Považie
- Seat
- Žilina
- Total
- 815.08 km (314.70 sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Telephone prefix
- 041
- Vehicle registration plate until 2022
- ZA
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Slovakia
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Central Slovakia
- Capital
- Žilina
- Population
- 159997
- Area
- 815.082587
- Shares border with
- Považská Bystrica District
- Highest point
- Veľký Kriváň
- Licence plate code
- ZA
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Žilina District
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- Žilina District
- topic's main category
- Category:Žilina District
- topic has template
- Template:Žilina District
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Encyclopedic overview
Žilina District (Slovak: Okres Žilina) is an okres (district) of the Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia. The district was first established in 1923. Its present borders date from 1996. The heart of the district is the Váh and Rajec river valleys. Urbanization has led to the district's becoming one of Slovakia's most highly developed areas.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Žilina District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.