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Stropkov District (''okres Stropkov'') 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
Prešov Region The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the mos ...
of eastern
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. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín, apart from an area in the north west around Duplín, Tisinec, Krušinec, Výškovce, Vislava, Oľšavka, Gribov and Kožuchovce which formed part of the county of Šariš.


Municipalities

*
Baňa Baňa () is a village and municipality in the Stropkov District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1957. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of and cove ...
* Breznica * Breznička * Brusnica * Bukovce * Bystrá * Bžany * Duplín * Gribov * Havaj * Chotča * Jakušovce * Kolbovce * Korunková * Kožuchovce * Krišlovce * Kručov * Krušinec * Lomné * Makovce * Malá Poľana * Miková * Miňovce * Mrázovce * Nižná Olšava * Oľšavka * Potoky * Potôčky * Soľník * Staškovce * Stropkov * Šandal * Tisinec * Tokajík * Turany nad Ondavou * Varechovce * Veľkrop * Vislava * Vladiča * Vojtovce * Výškovce * Vyšná Olšava * Vyšný Hrabovec


Demographics

According to the 2011 Census, 16,719 people in the Stropkov District were Slovak, 1,375 were Ruthenian, and 1,233 were Roma. Also according to the 2011 Census 9,351 people were
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, and 8,034 were
Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...
, and 1,370 were Orthodox.


References

Districts of Prešov Region {{Prešov-geo-stub