Miková (; ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Stropkov District Stropkov District (''okres Stropkov'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín, apart from an area in the north west around Duplín, Ti ...

in the

Prešov Region The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the mos ...

of north-eastern

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

History

In historical records the

was first mentioned in 1390. It was known as ''Mikova'' until 1899. The village is perhaps best known as the ancestral village of the American artist

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (;''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''"Warhol" born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol ...

, whose parents both emigrated from Miková in the early 20th century.

Geography

The

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 415 metres and covers an

area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...

of 12.715 km². It has a

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

of about 158 people.

Notable people

Julia Warhola Julia Warhola (born Juliana Justina Zavaczki; November 20, 1891November 22, 1972) was the mother of the American artist Andy Warhol. She was an artist in her own right as a calligrapher, embroiderer, and illustrator. Biography Early life an ...

(1891–1972), artist, mother of the artists

and

John Warhola John Warhola (May 31, 1925 – December 24, 2010) was an American businessman who played a pivotal role in maintaining the legacy of his younger brother, pop artist Andy Warhol. He had been assigned responsibility by their father on his deathbed t ...

and grandmother of the artist

James Warhola James Warhola (born March 16, 1955) is an American artist who has illustrated more than two dozen children's picture books since 1987. Early life A native of Smock, a coal-mining region in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, he is the ...

References

External links

* * Villages and municipalities in Stropkov District {{Prešov-geo-stub