Jarabina, also known as Orjabyna (; ; ; ) is a village and municipality in Stará ýubovà Âa District in the Preà ¡ov Region of northern Slovakia.
U.S. Marine Michael Strank, Flag Raiser at Iwo Jima, was born here.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1329. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Jarabina was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 24 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Jarabina and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
It has a population ofÃÂ people (31 December ).
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"
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