Detva
Town
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Detva
Tourism region	Podpoľanie
River	Slatina
Elevation	400 m (1,312 ft)
Coordinates	48°33′05″N 19°25′06″E / 48.55139, 19.41833
Area	68. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Banská Bystrica Region (Slovak Banskobystrický Kraj) is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe Detva District (okres Detva is a district of the Banská Bystrica Slatina is the name of a 55 km (32 mi long river in Slovakia. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 088 km² (26. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 289 sq mi)
Population	15,020 (2005)
Density	221 /km² (572 /sq mi)
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	962 12
Area code	+421-45
Car plate	DT
Location of Detva in Slovakia
Location of Drtva in the Banská Bystrica Region
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.detva.sk

Detva (Hungarian: Gyetva) is a town in central Slovakia with a population of 15,000. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Since 1997, the Slovak car registration plate number (EČV evidenčné číslo vozidla generally takes the form XX-NNNYY, where XX is a two letter code corresponding Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million It is situated at the Poľana mountain. Poľana is a small mountain range in central Slovakia. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Slovenské stredohorie mountains

History

Detva was created as a village of bondage in a deep-forested area belonging to Zvolenská Slatina and Očová upon instruction of the owner of the Vígľaš dominion Ladislaus Csáky in 1636-1638. Zvolenská Slatina (Großslatina Nagyszalatna is a Village and Municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Očová (older Hungarian spelling Ocsova) is a Village and Municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region Vígľaš is a village and Municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The first settlers were coal producers from Ľubietová, followed by Walachian-type settlers from northern and eastern parts of Slovakia and immigrants from other surrounding villages. Ľubietová (Libethen Libetbánya is a village in central Slovakia. Vlachs is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe In 1787, Ján Vagač founded the first known manufactory producing bryndza cheese. A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial Building where workers manufacture goods Bryndza is a Sheep milk Cheese made in Eastern Europe. there is no special type of cheese associated with it The settlement became an oppidum (market town) in 1811 and a town in 1965. Oppidum (plural oppida) is a Latin word meaning the main settlement in any administrative area of Ancient Rome. In 1996 the town of Detva became the seat of new Detva district.

It was developed as a large newly cleared land and this character has been preserved up to present, despite the fact that a part of the newly cleared lands were separated from Detva - Hriňová (before 1863), Detvianska Huta (in ?), Korytárky (in 1955; part of Kriváň until 1993) and Kriváň (in 1955). Hriňová (Hrinau Herencsvölgy is a Town in the Detva District of central Slovakia. Detvianska Huta (earlier Mikulássowá Zólyommiklós before 1907 Dettvahuta Miklósfalu Miklosfalva is a village and Municipality in Detva District, in Korytárky is a Village and Municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Logging and wood processing, sheep breeding and peasantry had been the main source of bread and butter of the Detvans. Hard living conditions at distant isolated newly cleared lands and self-sufficiency in providing of basic living needs determined the formation of the original material and spiritual culture of local inhabitants and thanks to this Detva had become one of the symbols of the modern Slovak nation.

In 1955 Detva experienced a significant change. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) A factory for military machinery and strategic constructions was built in the town's woods for security purposes. This factory, called Podpolianske strojárne Detva (PPS) at that time, produced UNC machinery, aka "Universal" on Western European markets. Cestné a Stavebné Mechanizmy Tisovec as is a Public company making military machinery and based in Detva, Slovakia. The Unified Thread Standard ( UTS) defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances tolerances and designations—for Screw threads commonly Machinery such as front loaders and skid steer loaders used to reach an annual production of 4,000. The factory enlarged the population of Detva from 3,500 to over 12,000, employing over 70% of Detva's population. However, after the Velvet Revolution and the split of Czechoslovakia, infamous illegal and non-transparent privatization, typical of then Central and Eastern European states, took place. The " Velvet Revolution " (sametová revoluce nežná revolúcia ( November 16 &ndash December 29 1989) refers to a non-violent Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Detva's PPS factory had to put its production on halt and to downsize its workforce from 8,000 in 1993 to 1,000 in 2005. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nowadays, Detva faces the highest unemployment in Slovakia - it reaches some 30%.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 15,122 inhabitants. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 96. 11% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is 75% Roma, and 0. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins 75% Czechs and . Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic ^[1] The religious make-up was 78. 03% Roman Catholics, 13. 11% people with no religious affiliation and 4. 47% Lutherans. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther ^[1]

Neighborhoods

• Detva (proper)
• Detva - sídlisko
• Kostolná
• Krné
• Piešť I
• Piešť II
• Skliarovo
• Zapriechody

References

External links

• Official municipal website (Slovak)
• Detva flag & coat of arms