- Svinia
Geobox | Settlement
name = Svinia
other_name =
category = Village
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country = Slovakia
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state =
region = Prešov
district = Prešov
municipality =
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location =
elevation =
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 01
lat_NS = N
long_d = 21
long_m = 08
long_EW = E
coordinates_type = region:SK_type:city
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area = 14.73
population = 1452
population_date = 2004-12-31
population_density = auto
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mayor =
timezone =
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postal_code = 082 32
area_code =
code = PO
code_type = Car plate
free =
map_background = Slovakia - background map.png
map_locator = Slovakia
map1 = Prešov Region - outline map.svg
map1_background = Prešov Region - background map.png
map1_locator = Prešov Region
commons = Svinia
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven440707&lstObec525171&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website =
footnotes =Svinia ( _hu. Szinye) is a village of some 1,500 people (as of 2005 [ [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Mestská a obecná štatistika SR ] ] ) in eastern
Slovakia about 8 km west fromPrešov . The village covers an area of 14.734km².It consists of two settlements of similar size, one inhabited by
Slovaks and the other by Roma. The Svinia Roma settlement was visited and "discovered" by Canadian anthropologists in 1993, who were shocked at the appalling and unsanitary living conditions, the 100%unemployment , and the deep racial divide between "white Svinia" and "Roma Svinia". Svinia has since become infamous in Europe and has been the subject of studies, books and films. International projects to improve life for the Roma in Svinia have been ongoing since the 1990s.References
External links
[http://www.tru.ca/europe/svinia_project.htm Svinia Project at the Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC website]
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