TheKošice Region (Slovak:Košickýkraj,pronounced[ˈkɔʂitskiːˈkraj];Hungarian:Kassai kerület;Ukrainian:Кошицький край) is one of the eightSlovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which have a town status. About one third of the region's population lives in the agglomeration ofKošice, which is its main economic and cultural centre.
The average population density in the region is 117.9 inhabitants per km2, which is very similar to the country's average (110 per km2). The largest towns areKošice,Michalovce,Spišská Nová Ves,Trebišov andRožňava. According to the 2001 census, there were 766,012 inhabitants in the region, with a majority ofSlovaks (81.8%), but there is a numerousHungarian minority (11.2%) in the south, and there are minorities ofRoma (3.9%) andCzechs (<1%).[4]
The economy of the Košice region accounted for 11.47% ofSlovakia's GDP in 2013, which made it the region with the second highest GDP in Slovakia after theBratislava region. However, it lags behind the majority of Slovakia's regions in GDP per capita.[5]
The salaries are on average 40% higher in the Bratislava region than in the Košice region, but the living costs are considerably higher there as well.[6]
The unemployment in the region was at 15.6% in 2014.[6]
The Košice Region consists of 11 districts. In Košice city itself there are four districts; seven districts are outside the city. There are 440 municipalities, of which 17 are towns.
Kopa, Ľudovít; et al. (2006).The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks. Bratislava, Slovakia: Encyclopaedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.ISBN80-224-0925-1.
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