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Martin (Slovak pronunciation: ⓘ; until 1951 Turčiansky Svätý Martin, Hungarian: Turócszentmárton, German: Turz-Sankt Martin, Latin: Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis) is a city in northern Slovakia, situated on the Turiec river, between the Malá Fatra and Veľká Fatra mountains, near the city of Žilina. The population numbers ...
Martin is a city in the northern Central Slovakia. It is the center of the Turiec region. It is on the Turiec river, between the Little Fatra and Great Fatra mountains. The population numbers approximately 60,000, which makes it the eighth largest city in Slovakia. Martin city center
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Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice . The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- Martin lies at an altitude of 395 metres (1,296 ft) above sea level.
- The city of Martin won the United Nations Public Service Award in 2011 in the category: Preventing and Combating Corruption in the Public Service.
- The first recorded reference to Martin in written sources is dated to 1284 under the name of Vila Sancti Martini.
- Martin is the ninth-largest city in Slovakia.
The Slovak National Museum in Martin (from 1961 - The Ethnographic Museum in Martin) is an ethnographically oriented branch of the Slovak National Museum, it's located in Martin, Slovakia. [1] History. The Slovak National Museum in Martin is the oldest and the largest workplace in the Slovak National Museum.
Matica Slovenská (en. Slovak Matica) is the oldest Slovak national, cultural and scientific organization. The headquarters of Slovak Matica is the town of Martin, Slovakia as the center of the national culture of Slovaks, where it was founded in 1863 and revived in 1919.
