The Prešov Region (Slovak: Prešovský kraj, pronounced [ˈpreʂɔwskiː ˈkraj]; Hungarian: Eperjesi kerület), also Priashiv Region^[2] (Ukrainian: Пряшівський край, romanized: Priashivskyi krai, pronounced [prʲaʃivsʲkɪj kraj]), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the most populous of all the regions in Slovakia.^[3] Its administrative center is the city of Prešov.

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Prešov Region Prešovský Kraj
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From the top to bottom-left; High Tatras, Levoča, Stará Ľubovňa, Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Prešov, Spišská Kapitula, Stužica primeval forest, Bodružal
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Prešov Region
Country	Slovakia
Capital	Prešov
Government
• Governor	Milan Majerský (KDH)
Area
• Total	8,973.69 km2 (3,464.76 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2,654 m (8,707 ft)
Lowest elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population  (2017 estimate)
• Total	822,946
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€7.451 billion (2016)
• Per capita	€9,070 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SK-PV
Website	www.po-kraj.sk/sk/

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It is located in the north-eastern Slovakia and has an area of 8,975 km². The region has a predominantly mountainous landscape. The subdivisions of Tatras – High Tatras and Belianske Tatras lie almost entirely in the region and include the highest point of Slovakia – Gerlachovský štít (2,654 ASL). Other mountain ranges and highlands in the region are Šarišská vrchovina, Čergov, Ondavská vrchovina, Slanské vrchy, Pieniny, Levoča Hills, Laborecká vrchovina, Bukovské vrchy, Vihorlat Mountains and Eastern Slovak Lowland. The basins in Prešov Region are Podtatranská kotlina, Hornadská kotlina and Košice Basin.

Major rivers in the region include the Poprad in the west, which is the only major Slovak river in the Baltic Sea watershed, a small part of Hornád in the south-west, a small part of Dunajec in the north, the Torysa in the centre and the Ondava and Laborec in the east. As for administrative divisions, the region borders on the Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian voivodeships in Poland in the north, Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine in the east, Košice Region in the south, Banská Bystrica Region in the south-west and Žilina Region in the west.

The population density in the region is 92.13/km² (238.6/sq mi) (2020-06-30/-07-01),^[5] which is below the country's average (110 per km²). The largest towns are Prešov, Poprad, Humenné, Bardejov and Snina. According to the 2011 census, there were 814,527 inhabitants in the region, with a majority of Slovaks (90.7%), with minorities of Roma (4.0%), Rusyns (2.7%) and there are small minorities of Ukrainians (<1%) and Czechs (<0.5%).^[6]

The current governor of Prešov region is Milan Majerský (KDH). He won with 42% of the vote. In the 2017 election a regional parliament was also elected.

The Prešov Region consists of 13 districts. There are 666 municipalities, of which 23 are towns, where about half of the region's population live.

Districts:

• Bardejov
• Humenné
• Kežmarok
• Levoča
• Medzilaborce
• Poprad
• Prešov
• Sabinov
• Snina
• Stará Ľubovňa
• Stropkov
• Svidník
• Vranov nad Topľou

• Spiš
• Šariš
• Zemplín
• Union of Carpathian Youth