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1 Location

Prešov is situated in the valley of the Torysa river, at the confluence with its tributary Sekcov. Prešov is only 38 kilometers north from Košice.

2 Characteristics

As of 2001, 93.7% of the inhabitants are Slovaks; significant minorities include

The average wage and the employment rate in Presov are below the national average. Significant industries in the town include mechanical and electrical engineering companies and clothing industry. Solivary, the only salt mining and processing company in Slovakia, also operates in the town.

More than thousand students are enrolled at the two instutions of post-secondary education in the town - the University of Prešov and the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies of the Technical University of Kosice . Prešov is also seat of a Greek Catholic bishopric.

3 History

First inhabitants settled in this area in the Paleolithic. Oldest discovered tools and mammoth bones are 28,000 years old. Slavic people have lived in the area of the town since the 4th or 5th century AD.

By the end of the 11th century the town became part of the

town. In the 13th century many German settlers moved to Prešov from the

The first written record of Prešov dates back to 1247Events Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance. Romford, London, England is chartered as a market town. Bedlam becomes part of London. Thuringian War of Succession begins. Ch'in Chiu-Sh. In 1299 Prešov received municipal privileges, and in 1374Events King Gongmin is assassinated and King U ascends to the Goryeo throne Births Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey. Deaths July 18 Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch, Italian Renaissance humanist scholar. Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern A it was declared a free royal town. This led to development of crafts and trade (especially export of wine from the TiszaThe Tisza Hungarian, in Romanian, Serbian and Slovak: Tisa in German: Thei or Theiss in Ukrainian: Tysa is a river, tributary of the Danube and one of the major rivers of Central Europe, passing through Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Serbia and M region to PolandThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t). In the 15th century Prešov joined the Pentapolitana , an alliance of five towns of eastern Slovakia ( Bardejov , LevocaLevoca is a town in the SpiS region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14,000. The town has a historic center with a well-preserved town wall, a Renaissance church with a unique wooden altar by Master Paul of Levoca, and many other Renaissance build, Košice, Prešov, and Sabinov ).

The first record of a school dates to 1429. In 1572, saltFor other meanings of the word salt see salt (disambiguation In chemistry, a salt is a composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. They are typically the product of a chemi mining started in Solivar (at that time a nearby town, now part of Prešov). Prešov's increased importance meant that in 1647 it became the seat of the

In 1667 an important Evangelic Lutheran College of Prešov was established by Protestants in the town. In 1687, 24 prominent citizens and noblemen were executed for supporting the uprising of Imre Thököly.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the population was decimated by the

century the town recovered, crafts and trade improved again, and new

flooded. Ever since then salt has been produced from salt brine by boiling.

In 1873 the first railway was built through the town. At the end of the

sewage system. In 1887 fire destroyed a big part of the town. In 1918 Prešov became part of the newly created Czechoslovakia. During World War II, the nearby town of Košice became again part of Hungary by First Vienna Arbitration. As a result, many institutions moved from Košice to Prešov, thus increasing its importance. In 1944, a professional Slovak Theatre was established in the town.

During the

industrial center. The population increased rapidly from 28,000 in 1950 to 52,000 in 1970 and 91,000 in 1990.

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Presov regionThe Presov region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It is located in the northeastern part of Slovakia and consists of 13 districts: PreSov Sabinov Bardejov Svidnik Vranov nad Toplou Levoca Kezmarok Stara Lubovna Poprad Medzilaborce Humen PresovPreSov (German: Preschau / Eperies Hungarian: Eperjes is a town in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of the administrative Presov region PreSovsky kraj (see Regions of Slovakia). With a population of 93,000, it is the third largest town in the country.