Ždaňa is a
village
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Košice-okolie District
Košice–okolie District (''okres Košice–okolie''; , lit. 'Košice-Surroundings') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It surrounds the city of Košice, which serves as the district seat although it does not belong to the d ...
in the
Kosice Region of eastern
Slovakia
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. The village has a population of around 1,400.
History
In
historical records the village was first mentioned in 1222.
Geography
The
village
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lies at an
altitude
Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum (geodesy), datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometr ...
of 185 metres and covers an
area
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of 5.565 km
2.
It has a
population
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of about 1310 people.
Transport
The nearest
railway station
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is at
Čaňa
Čaňa is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1164.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 177 metres and cove ...
.
References
External links
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District
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