Horehronie (also Upper
Hron River region or Horné Pohronie or Felső-Garammente) is a
tourism and geographic region of
Slovakia. It is situated in the
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mo ...
and
Brezno districts and encompasses the upper Hron River valley and the surrounding
Low Tatra
The Low Tatras or Low Tatra ( sk, Nízke Tatry; hu, Alacsony-Tátra) is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central Slovakia.
It is located south of the Tatras proper, from which it is separated by the valleys of the Váh ...
mountain ranges. The
Slovak entry for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was "
Horehronie
Horehronie (also Upper Hron River region or Horné Pohronie or Felső-Garammente) is a List of tourism regions of Slovakia, tourism and geographic region of Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica and Brezno Dis ...
", an ode to the region, performed by singer
Kristína.
References
External links
www.horehronie.comHorehronie
Traditional regions of Slovakia
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