Gabčíkovo
| Gabčíkovo (Bős) | |
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 Gabčíkovo Dam
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| Country | Slovakia |
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| Region | Trnava |
| District | Dunajská Streda |
| Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Coordinates | 47°54′N 17°35′E / 47.900°N 17.583°ECoordinates: 47°54′N 17°35′E / 47.900°N 17.583°E |
| Highest point | |
| - elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Area | 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Population | 5,244 (2004-12-31) |
| Density | 995/km2 (2,577/sq mi) |
| Founded | 1102 |
| Mayor | Iván Fenes |
| Postal code | 930 05 |
| Area code | +421-31 |
| Car plate | DS |
   Location of Gabčíkovo in Slovakia
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  Location of Gabčíkovo in the Trnava Region
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| Statistics: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic | |
| Website: www.gabcikovo.sk | |
| Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic | |
Gabčíkovo (Hungarian: Bős, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈbøːʃ]) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia. It has around 5,100 inhabitants of whom 90% are Hungarians.
The Hungarian name of the town was first recorded in 1102 as Beys and preserves the name of its erstwhile pecheneg inhabitants, pecheneg being besenyő in Hungarian. The town appears in several documents between 1262 and 1274 as a borderguard pecheneg settlement.
The current Slovak name of the town was given by the authorities in 1948 after Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak soldier involved in Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia.
Gabčíkovo is situated along the Danube river on the border with Hungary, in the southern part of Great Rye Island around 12 km south of Dunajská Streda bordered by Baka to the west, Vrakúň to the east, Pataš, Baloň, Sap and Ňárad to the southeast, and the Hungarian villages of Lipót and Ásványráró to the southwest. Administratively, the village belongs to the Trnava Region, Dunajská Streda District.
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