Žarnovica District

Žarnovica District
Country Slovakia
Region (kraj) Banská Bystrica Region
SeatŽarnovica
Area
 • Total
425.08 km2 (164.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
24,463
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Telephone prefix45
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)ZC
Municipalities18

Žarnovica District (Slovak: okres Žarnovica) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Tekov, only a part of Hodruša-Hámre, namely Banská Hodruša in the east was part of Banská Štiavnica, an urban county on the territory of Hont County.