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| Country |  Slovakia |
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| Region | Banská Bystrica |
| District | Poltár |
| Tourism region | Novohrad |
| River | Ipeľ |
| Elevation | 240 m (787 ft) |
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| Area | 30. 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 Poltár District ( okres Poltár) is a district inthe Banská Nógrád (-Hungarian in Latin comitatus Neogradiensis, in German Neuburg or Neograd, in Slovak Novohrad) was the name of a historic Ipeľ or archaic Jupoľ ( Slovak, Hungarian: Ipoly, German: Eipel) is a 232 km 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 45 km² (11. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 76 sq mi) |
| Population | 5,929 (2005) |
| Density | 195 /km² (505 /sq mi) |
| First mentioned | 1246 |
| Mayor | Pavel Hrončák |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 987 01 |
| Area code | +421-47 |
| Car plate | PT |
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  Location of Poltár in the Banská Bystrica Region
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| Website: http://www.poltar.sk | |
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Geography
The town is located in the Southern Slovak basin near the river Ipeľ, south of the Revúcka vrchovina mountains, which is part of the Slovak Ore Mountains, around 18 km from Lučenec. Ipeľ or archaic Jupoľ ( Slovak, Hungarian: Ipoly, German: Eipel) is a 232 km long River in Slovakia The Slovenské rudohorie or Slovak Ore Mountains is an extensive Mountainous region of Slovakia 's Spiš region within the Carpathians Lučenec ( Lizenz Losonc Lutetia Lutetia Hungarorum is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia.
History
Poltár was first mentioned in 1246 as silva Polta. It received town privileges in 1969.
Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the town had 6,099 inhabitants. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 97. 49% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is 95% Roma, 0. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins 51% Hungarians and 0. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. 41% Czechs. 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 50. 14% Roman Catholics, 22. 89% people with no religious affiliation and 20. 79% Lutherans. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther [1]
People
- Ivan Gašparovič, current President of Slovakia was born here. Ivan Gašparovič (born March 27 1941) Slovak politician and law professor became President of Slovakia on June 15, 2004
References
- ^ a b Municipal Statistics. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
External links
- Municipal website (Slovak)
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