Nitra is a city in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River Valley, about 90 kilometers northeast of the capital Bratislava, with a population of about 78,353, the fifth largest city in Slovakia. It is one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and was once the center of the Principality of Nitra, a duchy of major historic significance; today it is the administrative seat of Nitra Region and Nitra District and, thanks to its long farming tradition, is regarded as the agricultural capital of Slovakia.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude48.314722 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Nitra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead paragraph, population
population of about 78,353,
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Nitra (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+0826-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 48.314722, longitude 18.0875
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 167 m
P2046 (area)
area 102.2 sq km
View the Source3. GeoNames: Nitra - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3058531
48.30763 18.08453 P PPLA SK 04 403 500011 86329 144 Europe/Bratislava
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 144 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 18.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 18.25
48.25 18.25 Cfb
Wikidata: Nitra
Wikidata Q26397, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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