| Suchá Hora | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Žilina |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tvrdošín |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 49.37°N 19.7761°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1566 |
| Area Total Km2: | 21.85[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.44 |
| Elevation M: | 798[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 2,618 |
| Population Total: | 1469[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 66.9[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 25.8 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 027 13 |
| Area Code: | +421 43 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | TS |
| Website: | www.suchahora.eu |
Suchá Hora (also known by other names) is a village and municipality in Tvrdošín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. The village was founded in the mid 16th century based on Wallachian Law. Around 1890, the village had a population of 804, 91,8% Polish by ethnicity.[5] It became again part of Poland in 1918, then it passed to Czechoslovakia in 1919, back to Poland in 1920, to Czechoslovakia in 1924, to Poland in 1938, to Slovakia in 1939, to Czechoslovakia in 1945 and to Slovakia in 1993.
The oldest mention of the village is from 1566 as "Zucha" and from 1588 it has been known as Suchá Hora (In Slovak). The name of the village means dry mountain.
The village is known as "Sucha Góra" in Polish, occasionally as "Sucha Góra Orawska" (Orawska meaning Oravian, referring to the region of Orava/Orawa).
The village is known as "Szuchahora" in Hungarian.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 790 metres and covers an area of 21.855 km2. It has a population of about 1,290 people.
Suchá Hora is located in the historical region of Orava.