Complete the sentence about Banská Bystrica with the correct year: Banská Bystrica became the official name of the town in ______.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 1920
Banská Bystrica is a city in central Slovakia on the Hron River. Its present form of the name was first attested in 1773 as Banska Bystrica, and it became the official name of the town in 1920. Before that, the Hungarian Besztercebánya had been the official name from 1867.
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