Region Mining cities

consists of counties:

• Banská Štiavnica
• Žarnovica
• Žiar nad Hronom

Region is situated in the middle part of central Slovakia, in Ziarska fold and Stiavnicke mountains. Northern part is delimited by the mountains - Vtáčnik and Kremnické vrchy, the west part is delimited by the mountain Považský Inovec, the east part by Javorie and the south border is made by Podunajská height. The region has a mountain character, what has in consequences difficulties with transfer accessibility of all districts in region.

In the Middle Ages belonged this area to important mine areas in Slovakia. The centre of mine factory was in Banská Stiavnica.

basic data

	year 1998	year 1999	year 2000	year 2001	year 2002	year 2003	year 2004	year 2005
Population	93051	93012	92818	92779	92504	92290	92230	91707
GDP fixed prices 2000	14189	14137	14054	15153	16534	16408	17337	19203
Unemployment rate LFS	13.2%	19%	20.7%	21.2%	23.3%	24.1%	25.8%	23.4%

contains cities

• Banská Štiavnica
• Kremnica
• Nová Baňa
• Žarnovica
• Žiar nad Hronom
• number of villages 63

Other regions

• Basic data
• Bratislava and surroundings
• Kopanice
• Danube river
• lower Vah river
• middle Vár river
• upper Nitra river
• lower Nitra river
• Mining cities
• Kysuce a Orava
• upper Vah river - Liptov
• Spiš cities
• upper Hron river
• Juhoslovenská kotlina
• Košice fold and Torysa river
• upper Zemplín
• lower Zemplín

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