Geography

Dolny Kubin is situated in the northwestern part of Slovakia and belongs to the Zilina county. It is one of the districts of the Orava region. With an area of 490 square kilometers, the district of Dolny Kubin takes up 29.6% of the Orava region, 7.2% of the Zilina county, and 1% of the territory of Slovakia.

At the northwestern side, the district of Dolny Kubin has the mountain range of Oravska Magura as its border, which is in fact the natural border between the districts of Dolny Kubin, Namestovo and Tvrdosin.

The western border is formed by the National Park of Mala Fatra and CHKO Kysuce, to the south the mountain range of Chocske vrchy is situated as well as a part of CHKO Velka Fatra. The eastern border is made up of the Skorusinske hills.

The district of Dolny Kubin is mountainous in character. The water pivot of its territory is the river Orava, which concentrates the waters of the whole of the region, and by the village of Kralovany runs into the Vah, the longest river in Slovakia.

The geographical position of Dolny Kubin is important because of the border with Poland, and also because the town connects strong economic centres, such as Zilina - Martin - Ruzomberok - Liptovsky Mikulas.

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