Suchá Hora ( Polish: ''Sucha Góra Orawska ;'' also known by other names) is a

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and

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Tvrdošín District Tvrdošín District (''okres Tvrdošín'') is a Districts of Slovakia, district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. The district was first established in 1996; in 1923 it had been a part of Trstená District. Municipalities *Brezovica, Tv ...

in the Žilina Region of northern

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History

The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to

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. The village was founded in the mid 16th century based on Wallachian Law. Around 1890, the village had a population of 804, 91,8% Polish by ethnicity. It became again part of

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in 1918, then it passed to

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in 1919, back to Poland in 1920, to Czechoslovakia in 1924, to Poland in 1938, to Slovakia in 1939, to Czechoslovakia in 1945 and to Slovakia in 1993.

Etymology and other names

The oldest mention of the village is from 1566 as "''Zucha''" and from 1588 it has been known as Suchá Hora (In Slovak). The name of the village means dry mountain. The village is known as "''Sucha Góra''" in Polish, occasionally as "''Sucha Góra Orawska''" (Orawska meaning Oravian, referring to the region of Orava/Orawa). The village is known as "''Szuchahora''" in Hungarian.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 790 metres and covers an

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of 21.855 km². It has a

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of about 1,290 people. Suchá Hora is located in the historical region of Orava.

Other locations

* 1228 metres high mountain near Banská Bystrica. Site of an FM- and TV-transmitter.

References

External links

*http://www.suchahora.eu

Sources

Suchá Hora - História
. ''e-obce.sk'' (in Slovak). Retrieved October 1, 2020. Villages and municipalities in Tvrdošín District Orava (region) {{Žilina-geo-stub