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Regions of Slovakia

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Summary

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Field	Value
name	Regions of Slovakia
Kraje Slovenska
category	Unitary state
territory	Slovak Republic
current_number	8 Regions
population_range	556,000 (Trnava) – 831,000 (Prešov)
area_range	2052.6 km2 (Bratislava) – 9454.8 km2 (Banská Bystrica)
government	Region government, National government
subdivision	District

Kraje Slovenska

Since 1949 (except 1990–1996), Slovakia has been divided into a number of kraje (singular kraj; usually translated as "Regions" with capital R). Their number, borders and functions have been changed several times. There are eight regions of Slovakia and they correspond to the EU's NUTS 3 level of local administrative units. Each kraj consists of okresy (counties or districts), which are further divided into obce (municipalities). There are 79 districts.

List

After a period without kraje and without any equivalent (1990–1996), the kraje were reintroduced in 1996. As for administrative division, Slovakia has been subdivided into 8 kraje since 31 December :

Flag	Arms	Region	Capital	Population ()	Area (km2)	Density	Total	416
[[File:Bratislavsky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Bratislava Region.svg	x36px]]	Bratislava	Bratislava	358.76	SK010	50
[[File:Trnavsky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Trnava Region.svg	x36px]]	Trnava	Trnava		SK021	40
[[File:Trenciansky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Trenčín Region.svg	x36px]]	Trenčín	Trenčín		SK022	47
[[File:Nitriansky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Nitra Region.svg	x36px]]	Nitra	Nitra		SK023	54
[[File:Zilinsky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Žilina Region.svg	x36px]]	Žilina	Žilina		SK031	57
[[File:Banskobystricky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Banská Bystrica Region.svg	x36px]]	Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica		SK032	49
[[File:Presovsky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Prešov Region.svg	x36px]]	Prešov	Prešov		SK041	62
[[File:Kosicky vlajka.svg	x36px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Košice Region.svg	x36px]]	Košice	Košice		SK042	57

Since 2002, Slovakia is divided into 8 samosprávne kraje (self-governing regions), which are called by the Constitution vyššie územné celky (Higher Territorial Units), abbr. VÚC. The territory and borders of the self-governing regions are identical with the territory and borders of the kraje. Therefore, the word "kraj" can be replaced by "VÚC" or "samosprávny kraj" in each case in the above list. The main difference is that organs of samosprávne kraje are self-governing, with an elected chairperson and assembly, while the organs of kraje are appointed by the government.

Name

The term "Region" () should not be confused with:

the general (i.e. non-administrative) term "region" () as it is used for example in the articles List of traditional regions of Slovakia or List of tourism regions of Slovakia
the 4 "regions" ( or oblasti or zoskupenia krajov) that correspond to the NUTS 2 level, i.e. groups of several kraje, used by the Eurostat for statistical purposes. These are:
- SK 01 (Bratislava Region)comprises only this single region
- Západné Slovensko SK 02 (Western Slovakia)Trnava, Trenčín and Nitra
- Stredné Slovensko SK 03 (Central Slovakia)Žilina and Banská Bystrica
- Východné Slovensko SK 04 (Eastern Slovakia)Prešov and Košice

History

Prior to 1949

Historically, Slovakia was not divided into kraje, but into counties ( or stolice). This was the case when present-day Slovakia was part of:

Great Moravia (c. 9th century)
Kingdom of Hungary (c. 11th/12th century1918)
Czechoslovakia (the župy existed 19181928)
the WWII Slovak Republic (the župy existed 19401945)

In 1928–1939 (and formally also 1945–1948), Slovakia as a whole formed the administrative unit "Slovak land" (Krajina slovenská) within Czechoslovakia.

24 December 1948/1 January 1949 – 30 June 1960

Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region)
Banskobystrický kraj (Banská Bystrica Region)
Košický kraj (Košice Region)
Nitriansky kraj (Nitra Region)
Prešovský kraj (Prešov Region)
Žilinský kraj (Žilina Region)

Each kraj was named after its principal city.

1 July 1960 – 19 December 1990

Stredoslovenský kraj (Central Slovak Region)
Východoslovenský kraj (Eastern Slovak Region)
Západoslovenský kraj (Western Slovak Region)
Bratislava (before 22 March 1968, part of the Západoslovenský kraj, afterwards a partly separate entity; from January 1971 a separate kraj)

Note: The kraje were abolished from 1 July 1969, until 28 December 1970, when they were reintroduced.

Traditional regions

There are also other regions in Slovakia, which do not correspond to historical counties:

Region	Former County part	Former County
Kysuce	northern	Žilina
Záhorie	western	Nitra
Bratislava
	southern	Zvolen
Zamagurie	northern	Spiš

References

"Regions".

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