Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area () is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in

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. The Landscape Area is situated in the Cerová vrchovina Mountains, part of the

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, in southern Slovakia. It is situated in the

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districts and ends at the Slovak-

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borders in the east. The area protects 167.71 km² of the mountains, and it excludes all urban areas, except for the villages of

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and

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History

The Protected Landscape Area was established on 10 October 1989. The law was amended on 3 September 2001. There were national nature reserves in the area before the Protected Landscape Area was created, for example Šomoška (declared in 1954) and Ragáč (1964).

Geography

The highest hills are Karanč / Karancs at and Šiatoroš at .

References

External links

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