Suchá Hora


Suchá Hora is a village and municipality in Tvrdošín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
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History

The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. The village was founded in the mid 16th century based on Wallachian Law. Around 1890, the village had a population of 804, 91,8% Polish by ethnicity. It became again part of Poland in 1918, then it passed to Czechoslovakia in 1919, back to Poland in 1920, to Czechoslovakia in 1924, to Poland in 1938, to Slovakia in 1939, to Czechoslovakia in 1945 and to Slovakia in 1993.

Etymology and other names

The oldest mention of the village is from 1566 as "Zucha" and from 1588 it has been known as Suchá Hora. The name of the village means dry mountain.
The village is known as "Sucha Góra" in Polish, occasionally as "Sucha Góra Orawska".
The village is known as "Szuchahora" in Hungarian.

Geography

Suchá Hora is located in the historical region of Orava.

Population

It has a population of  people.

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