Nové Zámky District (''okres Nové Zámky'') is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in
the
Nitra Region
The Nitra Region (, ; ) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. It consists of seven districts () and 354 municipalities, from which 16 have a town status. T ...
of western
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 ...
.
Until 1918, the area of the district was split between several
counties of the Kingdom of Hungary: the largest area in the north formed part of
Nitra; an area in the south between
Dvory nad Žitavou
Dvory nad Žitavou () is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.
History
The first written sign of the municipality is from 1075. It mentions the Latin name of the municipality - Villa H ...
and
Strekov
formed part of
Komárno
Komárno (, , ), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom'', ''Öregkomárom'', ''Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically it was formed by the "old ...
; an area in the north-east around
Veľké Lovce
formed part of
Tekov; a sizable area in the east formed part of
Esztergom (Ostrihom); and a small area around
Salka formed part of
Hont County
Hont County was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller southern portion is part of Hungary.
Today, in Slovakia Hont is the i ...
.
Population
Municipalities
References
Districts of Nitra Region
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