Facts About Michalovce
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Michalovce is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia.
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Originally named after the Archangel St Michael, it is the second-largest city in the Košice Region and the seat of the Michalovce District.
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The city of present-day Michalovce along with the adjacent lowlands was settled in from the Palaeolithic era.
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The town lies in the Košice Region, in the Eastern Slovak Lowland on the Laborec river, historically belonging to Zemplén County.
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Michalovce is twinned with Cognac, France; Jarosław, Poland; Kavarna, Bulgaria; Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia; Pančevo, Serbia; Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary; Uzhorod, Ukraine; Villarreal, Spain & Vyškov, Czech Republic.
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The total area of Michalovce is 52.807 km2
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The first written reference to the town is from 1244.
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The geographic coordinate of Michalovce: 48°45′19″N 21°54′48″E.
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The estimated Population of Michalovce is 39,396.
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Since 1993, with the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Michalovce has been part of Slovakia.