  Å½ilina    or , , names in other languages) is a city in north-western slovakia, around  from the capital bratislava, close to both the czech and polish borders. it is the fourth largest city of slovakia with a population of approximately 85,000, an important industrial center, the largest city on the vÃ¡h river, and the seat of a kraj (Å½ilina region) and of an okres (Å½ilina district). it belongs to upper vÃ¡h region of tourism. ==history== the area around today's Å½ilina was inhabited in the late stone age (about 20,000 bc). in the 5th century slavs started to move into the area. however, the first written reference to Å½ilina was in 1208 as terra de selinan. from the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the kingdom of hungary. in the middle of the 13th century terra sylna
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