northern Slovakia

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geographic region

Northern Slovakia is a mountainous region of Slovakia characterized by parts of the High Tatras, rich folk traditions, and proximity to the Polish border.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Slovakia	0

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ
borders	Poland ⓘ
borderType	Schengen Area internal border with Poland ⓘ
characterizedBy	alpine climate in high elevations ⓘ hiking tourism ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ rich folk traditions ⓘ ski resorts ⓘ spa tourism ⓘ wooden folk architecture ⓘ
contains	Dunajec River Gorge ⓘ Malá Fatra National Park ⓘ Orava Reservoir ⓘ Orava ⓘ surface form: Orava River Pieniny National Park ⓘ Poprad River ⓘ Slovak Paradise National Park ⓘ Tatra National Park (Slovakia) ⓘ surface form: Tatra National Park Váh River upper course ⓘ
country	Slovakia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Slovaks ⓘ
ethnicMinority	Gorals ⓘ Roma ⓘ
hasPart	Tatra Mountains ⓘ surface form: Belianske Tatras Choč Mountains ⓘ Tatra Mountains ⓘ surface form: High Tatras Žilina Region ⓘ surface form: Kysuce region Liptov ⓘ surface form: Liptov region Malá Fatra ⓘ surface form: Malá Fatra Mountains Žilina Region ⓘ surface form: Orava region Pieniny Mountains ⓘ Prešov Region ⓘ surface form: Spiš region Western Tatras ⓘ
highestPoint	Gerlachovský štít ⓘ
language	Slovak language ⓘ surface form: Slovak
locatedIn	Central Europe ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ
majorCity	Poprad ⓘ Žilina ⓘ
majorTown	Dolný Kubín ⓘ Kežmarok ⓘ Liptovský Mikuláš ⓘ Ružomberok ⓘ
mountainRange	Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
touristAttraction	Orava Castle ⓘ Tatranská Lomnica ⓘ Vlkolínec ⓘ Čičmany ⓘ Štrbské pleso ⓘ surface form: Štrbské Pleso
traditionalCraft	folk embroidery ⓘ sheep farming ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalCuisine	bryndzové halušky ⓘ oškvarky ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liptov → locatedIn → northern Slovakia ⓘ

Ružomberok → locatedIn → northern Slovakia ⓘ

Spisz → locatedIn → northern Slovakia ⓘ

Spiš highlanders → region → northern Slovakia ⓘ