Banská Bystrica
city in central Slovakia
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Summary
Banská Bystrica is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,013 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Banská Bystrica District[3]
- Country: Slovakia[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Hron[5]
- Head of government: Ján Nosko[6]
- Instance of: municipality of Slovakia[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Vršac[8], Herzliya[9], Alba[10], Radom[11], Tarnobrzeg[12], Montana[13], Hradec Králové[14], Ascoli Piceno[15], Budva[16], Dabas[17], Halberstadt[18], Charleston[19], Kovačica[20], Larissa[21]
- Postal code: 974 01[22], 974 04[23], 974 05[24], 974 09[25], 974 11[26]
- Commons category: Banská Bystrica[27]
- Licence plate code: BB[28]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[29], UTC+02:00[30]
- Local dialing code: 048[31]
- Official website: https://www.banskabystrica.sk/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Banská Bystrica[33]
- Email address: mailto:info@banskabystrica.sk[34]
- Population: 78,484[35], 78,327[36], 76,018[37], 79,670[38], 78,635[39], 77,719[40], 83,056[41], 83,696[42], 62,923[43], 22,651[44], 10,776[45], 5950[46], 4988[47], 2646[48]
- Time of earliest written record: 1255[49]
- Described by source: Vlastivedný slovník obcí na Slovensku[50], Otto's encyclopedia[51], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52]
Why It Matters
Banská Bystrica has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]