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The Ž ilina Region is one of the eight Slovak administratives regions and consists of 11 districts and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region was established in 1923, however, in its present borders exists from It is more industrial region with several large towns. Ž ilina is region administrative center and a strong cultural environment is in Martin.

It is located in northern Slovakia and has an area of 6,804 km² and a population of 688,851 (2011). The whole area is mountainous, belonging to the Western Carpathians. Some of the mountain ranges in the region include Javorníky, the Lesser Fatra and theGreater Fatra inthewest, OravskáMagura, Cho č ské vrchy, Low Tatras and Western Tatras in the east. Whole area belongs to the Váh river basin. Some of its left tributaries are Turiec and Raj č anka rivers and its right tributaries Belá, Orava and Kysuca. National parks on the region's territory are the Lesser, Greater Fatra, Low Tatras and Tatra; landscape protected areas are Strá ž ovské vrchy, Kysuce and Horná Orava

From the stagnation in the 1990s the region now enjoys relative prosperity. Main employers are industry and tourism. The river Váh valley, which runs across the entire region, forms a strong industrial base with wood pulp and engineering factories as well asVolkswagen and Kia plants in Ž ilina and Martin.

After the fall of Great Moravia in the early 9th century, the area became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century practically to Before the break it was part of the Hungarian counties of Tren č ín, Turiec, Orava and Liptov. After incorporation into Czechoslovakia, the counties continued to exist under their Slovak names of Tren č ín, Turiec, Orava and Liptov, but only to 1923, when they were replaced by (grand) counties ((ve ľ ) ž upy) From 1928 it was part of the administrative unit "Slovak Land". During the WWII Slovak Republic, the area was split between Tren č ín and Tatra counties.

... Since 1928 it was part of the administrative after reincorporation into Czechoslovakia in 1945, the pre-war state was restored. In there was a unit with the name Ž ilina Region but it was abolished in 1960 and the area became part of new Central Slovak Region, of which it was part until 1990 (except ) when it was abolished. After the independence of Slovakia in 1993, the current region was established in Since the administrative regions became autonomous in 2002, it is governed by the Ž ilina Self-Governing Region.

The population density in the region is 102 inhabitants per km². The largest towns are Ž ilina, Martin, Liptovský Mikuláš, Ru ž omberok and Č adca. The level of urbanization is relatively low, with about 50% of the population living in the towns, with the Námestovo District having the lowest urbanization in the whole of Slovakia, only 15%. According to the 2001 census, there were 692,332 inhabitants in the region, almost wholly Slovaks (97.5%), with small minorities of Czechs (1%) and Roma (0.5%).

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