Oborín ( hu, Abara) is a
village
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and large
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Michalovce District in the
Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
In
historical records the
village
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was first mentioned in 1221.
Geography
The
village
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lies at an
altitude
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of 104 metres and covers an
area
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of 43.782 km². The
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
has a
population
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of about 700 people.
Gallery
File:Abara08.JPG, Reformed church in Oborín, a Gothic style church with later additions
File:Abara02.JPG, Municipal office in Oborín
File:Abara13.JPG, Kindergarten in Oborín
File:Abara04.JPG, Memorial to László Németh (Németh László)
File:Abara14.JPG, Funeral home at Oborín cemetery
File:Abara16.JPG, Tombstone of Sámuel Liszkai (Liszkai Sámuel)
File:Abara15.JPG, Belfry at the local cemetery
File:Abara09.JPG, Football stadium in Oborín
File:Abara10.JPG, Abstract wooden statue in Oborín
File:Abara03.JPG, Abstract wooden memorial in Oborín
File:Latorica - panoramio (3).jpg, The banks of the Latorica
Latorica ( hu, Latorca; sk, Latorica, pronounced: ''Latoritsa''; uk, Латориця, translit.: ''Latorytsia'') is a river in the watershed of the Danube. Its source is in the Ukrainian Carpathians (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the vil ...
river near Oborín
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Michalovce District
Zemplín (region)
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