southern Slovakia

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border region historical region

Southern Slovakia is the historically multiethnic, predominantly Hungarian-inhabited border region of Slovakia that has frequently been subject to territorial changes and disputes in Central Europe.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border region → historical region →
affectedByEvent	creation of Czechoslovakia → dissolution of Austria-Hungary → dissolution of Czechoslovakia →
affectedByTreaty	First Vienna Award → Second Vienna Award → Treaty of Trianon →
borders	Hungary →
climate	temperate continental →
containsCity	Dunajská Streda → Fiľakovo → Galanta → Hurbanovo → Kolárovo → Komárno → Kráľovský Chlmec → Levice → Lučenec → Nové Zámky → Rimavská Sobota → Rožňava → Trebišov → Veľký Krtíš → Čalovo (Veľký Meder) → Šahy → Šamorín → Štúrovo → Šurany →
containsRegion	Abov → Gemer → Malohont → Medzibodrožie → Mátyusföld → Novohrad → Zemplín → Žitný ostrov →
country	Slovakia →
hasCharacteristic	historically multiethnic → predominantly Hungarian-inhabited → subject to frequent border changes → subject to territorial disputes →
hasDemographicTrend	declining proportion of ethnic Hungarians in 20th and 21st centuries →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → cross-border trade → viticulture →
hasEthnicMajority	Hungarians →
hasMajorRiver	Danube → Hron → Ipeľ →
hasMinorityRightsIssue	Hungarian language use in public administration → bilingual signage → minority education →
hasSignificantMinority	Slovaks →
hasTransportCorridor	Bratislava–Budapest route → Košice–Miskolc route →
historicallyInhabitedBy	Germans → Hungarians → Jews → Roma → Slovaks →
languageWidelySpoken	Hungarian → Slovak →
locatedIn	Carpathian Basin → Central Europe →
overlapsWith	Banská Bystrica Region → Bratislava Region → Košice Region → Nitra Region → Trnava Region →
partOf	Slovakia–Hungary border region →
partOfHistoricalConcept	Felvidék → Upper Hungary →
politicallySensitiveIssueIn	Hungary → Slovakia →
wasPartOf	Austria-Hungary → Czechoslovak Socialist Republic → Czechoslovakia → First Czechoslovak Republic → Kingdom of Hungary → Slovak Republic → Slovak Republic (1939–1945) →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Vienna Award →	affectedRegion