Nitra District | |
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• Total | 871 km2 (336 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 161,025 |
• Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Telephone prefix | 37 |
Nitra District (Slovak: okres Nitra) is a district in the Nitra Region of western Slovakia. It is the second most populated of Slovakia's 79 districts, after Prešov District. Before 1996 the present-day district belonged to the West-Slovak region (Západoslovenský kraj). It is named after the city of Nitra, its main economy and cultural center.