Oravská Polhora
Oravská Polhora is a large village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. The northernmost point of Slovakia is located close to the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Artur Kozioł, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 3,690 residents
- Description: municipality of Slovakia
- Also known as: “Oravska Polhora”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trchovnica, observation tower and Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary.
Trchovnica, observation tower
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trchovnica, observation tower is a scenic viewpoint.
Chata Slaná voda
Mountain hut
Photo: ANDREJ NEUHERZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chata Slaná voda is a mountain hut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slaná Voda and Sihelné.
Sihelné
Village
Photo: Timea3011, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sihelné is a village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
Rabča
Village
Photo: Pe3kZA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rabča is a large village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. Rabča is situated 4½ km southeast of Oravská Polhora.
Oravská Polhora
- Categories: municipality of Slovakia and locality
- Location: Oravská Polhora, Námestovo District, Žilina Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.51667° or 49° 31′ northLongitude
19.45° or 19° 27′ eastPopulation
3,690Elevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)United Nations Location Code
SK ORPOpen location code
8FXXGC8X+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 26037442OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Oravská Polhora” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Oravská Polhora”
- Catalan: “Oravská Polhora”
- Chechen: “Oravská Polhora”
- Chechen: “Оравска Полгора”
- Chinese: “Oravská Polhora”
- Croatian: “Oravská Polhora”
- Czech: “Oravská Polhora”
- Dutch: “Oravská Polhora”
- Esperanto: “Oravská Polhora”
- French: “Oravská Polhora”
- German: “Oravská Polhora”
- Hungarian: “Oravská Polhora”
- Hungarian: “Polhora”
- Irish: “Oravská Polhora”
- Italian: “Oravská Polhora”
- Lombard: “Oravská Polhora”
- Malay: “Oravská Polhora”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oravská Polhora”
- Polish: “Oravská Polhora”
- Polish: “Orawska Półgóra”
- Portuguese: “Oravská Polhora”
- Romanian: “Oravská Polhora”
- Serbian: “Oravská Polhora”
- Serbian: “Оравска Полхора”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oravská Polhora”
- Slovak: “Oravská Polhora”
- Spanish: “Oravská Polhora”
- Tatar: “Oravská Polhora”
- Tatar: “Оравска Полгора”
- Turkish: “Oravská Polhora”
- Ukrainian: “Oravská Polhora”
- Ukrainian: “Оравська Полгора”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oravská Polhora”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zmeškalka and Sihly.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Európske centrum gajdošskej kultúry and Oravská Polhora.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oravská Polhora”. Photo: Artur Kozioł, CC BY-SA 3.0.