Rožňava is a town in Slovakia, approximately 71 kilometres by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182.

The Košice Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which have a town status. About one third of the region's population lives in the agglomeration of Košice, which is its main economic and cultural centre.