Szlachtowa | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nowy Targ |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Szczawnica |
Coordinates: | 49.4142°N 20.5267°W |
Szlachtowa (Lemko: Шляхтова, Ukrainian: Шляхтова, Shliakhtova) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczawnica, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It was formerly part of the town of Szczawnica, but was made a separate village on 1 January 2008 (as was Jaworki).
The village used to constitute a part of Ruś Szlachtowska region (with the name derived from Szlachtowa), the westernmost area inhabited by Lemkos.