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Žilina

Eastern Europe

Zilina is a city in northwestern Slovakia, around 170 kilometers from the capital Bratislava and close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city in Slovakia with a population of approximately 80,000, an important industrial center, the largest city on the Vah river, and the seat of a kraj and an okres.

Facts
Population
108,000 1
Area (sq km)
80.03 2
Founding Year
1069 2
Elevation (m)
345 2
Latitude
49.216667 degrees north 2
Longitude
18.733333 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Žilina (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_urban
    108000
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Žilina (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1069-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 49.216667, longitude 18.733333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 345 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 80.03 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Žilina - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 347 m
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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 49.25, 18.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.25, 18.75
49.25 18.75 Dfb
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5. GeoNames: Žilina - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3056508
Quote, cities500 record 3056508
49.22315 18.73941 P PPLA SK 08 511 517402 81219 347 Europe/Bratislava
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Wikidata: Žilina
Wikidata Q25797, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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