Szlachtowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczawnica, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It was formerly part of the town of Szczawnica, but was made a separate village on 1 January 2008 (as was Jaworki).
The village was settled by the Valach shepherd, who practiced Orthodox Christianity, around the 15th century. Szlachtowa used to constitute a part of Ruś Szlachtowska region (with the name derived from the village's name), the westernmost area inhabited by Lemkos.
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