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Važec

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Važec (Waagsdorf or Weißwaag; Vázsec or Vágfalva) is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia, at the foot of Kriváň in the High Tatras mountains, Slovakia's symbolic and often considered most beautiful mountain. [1]

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  1. 23 relations: Altitude, Area, Žilina Region, Czechoslovakia, Districts of Slovakia, High Tatras, History, Jaroslav Augusta, Kingdom of Hungary, Kriváň (peak), Liptó County, Liptovský Mikuláš District, List of sovereign states, Municipality, Population, Red Army, Regions of Slovakia, Slovak Republic (1939–1945), Slovakia, Váh, Vehicle registration plates of Slovakia, Village, 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union.

Altitude

Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object.

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Area

Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface.

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Žilina Region

The Žilina Region (Žilinský kraj; Kraj żyliński; Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Districts of Slovakia

The districts of Slovakia are administrative units known as okres in the Slovak language.

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High Tatras

The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains (Hohe Tatra; Slovak: Vysoké Tatry; Высокі Татри, Vysoki Tatry; Tatry Wysokie; Magas-Tátra), are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Prešov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

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History

History (derived) is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.

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Jaroslav Augusta

Jaroslav Augusta (4 September 1878, Humpolec - 28 February 1970, Banská Štiavnica) was a Czech-born painter and art teacher, based in Slovakia.

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Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century.

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Kriváň (peak)

Kriváň is a mountain in the High Tatras, Slovakia, that dominates the upper part of the former Liptov County.

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Liptó County

Liptó County (Comitatus Liptoviensis) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Važec and Liptó County are Liptov.

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Liptovský Mikuláš District

Liptovský Mikuláš District (okres Liptovský Mikuláš) is a district in the eastern part of Žilina Region of central Slovakia. Važec and Liptovský Mikuláš District are Liptov and Žilina Region geography stubs.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.

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Population

Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Regions of Slovakia

Since 1949 (except 1990–1996), Slovakia has been divided into a number of kraje (singular kraj; usually translated as "Regions" with capital R).

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Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

The (First) Slovak Republic ((Prvá) Slovenská republika), otherwise known as the Slovak State (Slovenský štát), was a partially-recognized clerical fascist client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Váh

The Váh (Waag,; Vág; Wag) is the longest river within Slovakia.

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Vehicle registration plates of Slovakia

Vehicles registered in Slovakia were generally assigned to one of the districts (okres) and from 1997 until 2022, the license plate coding (EČV, evidenčné číslo vozidla) generally consisted of seven characters and takes the form XX-NNNLL, where XX was a two letter code corresponding to the district, NNN was a three digit number and LL were two additional letters (assigned alphabetically).

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union

The 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (První československý armádní sbor, Prvý československý armádny zbor), also known as Svoboda's Army (Svobodova armáda, after its commander Ludvík Svoboda), was a military formation of the Czechoslovak Army in exile fighting on the Eastern Front alongside the Soviet Red Army in World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Važec

Also known as Vazec.