Palota (Rusyn: Палота, Hungarian: Palota) is a village and municipality in the Medzilaborce District in the Prešov Region of far north-eastern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1330.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 482 metres (1,581 feet) and covers an area of 24.116 square kilometres (9.311 square miles).

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