Humenné District (''okres Humenné (also spelled Homonna, Homonn, Humen, Harwsfalva)'') is a
district
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in
the
Prešov Region
The Prešov Region, also Priashiv Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj, ; hu, Eperjesi kerület; uk, Пряшівський край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 o ...
of eastern
Slovakia
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.
Until 1920, the district was mostly part of
Zemplén (county) of the
Kingdom of Hungary
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, apart from an area to the east of
Porúbka in the
Vihorlat Mountains
Vihorlat Mountains ( sk, Vihorlatské vrchy; ua, Вигорлат, ''Vyhorliat'') or colloquially Vihorlat is a volcanic mountain range in eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine. A part of the range is listed as a World Heritage Site.
Etymolog ...
(''Vihorlatské vrchy'') which formed part of the county of
Ung
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People
* Woong, a Korean given name also spelled Ung
* Ung (surname), a Cambodian and Norwegian surname
* Ung Thị (full name Nguyễn Phúc Ung Thị; 1913–2001), Vietnamese-born American businessman
* Franz Unger ( ...
.
Municipalities
References
Districts of Slovakia
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