The official administrative regions of Slovakia.

In the most basic terms, Slovakia is divided into 4 areas:

Bratislava Region		Bratislavský kraj		Only made up of the Bratislava area
Western Slovakia		Západné Slovensko		Trnava Region + Trenčin Region + Nitra Region
Central Slovakia		Stredné Slovensko		Žilina Region + Banská Bystrica Region
Eastern Slovakia		Východné Slovensko		Prešov Region + Košice Region

In these areas there are 8 regions (in Slovak a region is called kraj).

1. Bratislava Region		Bratislavský kraj		capital Bratislava
2. Trnava Region		Trnavský kraj		capital Trnava
3. Trenčin Region		Trenčiansky kraj		capital Trenčin
4. Nitra Region		Nitriansky kraj		capital Nitra
5. Žilina Region		Žilinský kraj		capital Žilina
6. Banská Bystrica Region		Banskobystrický kraj		capital Banská Bystrica
7. Prešov Region		Prešovský kraj		capital Prešov
8. Košice Region		Košický kraj		capital Košice

In these 8 regions, there are 79 districts. 

 

 

Related articles

Tourism in Slovakia

 

To go further

 

City of Kosice
Portal of the town of Kosice, with information and links.
http://www.kosice.sk

Trencin -
Cultural portal for Trencin.
http://www.trencin.sk

Tatry.org
Portal of the Tatras regions, with links.
http://www.tatry.org

Nitra town
Portal of the city of Nitra: history and culture, activities, useful addresses.
http://www.nitra.sk

City of Trnava
Historical information and useful addresses about the town of Trnava.
http://www.trnava.sk

Zvolen

Offficial website
.zvolen.sk

Piešťany
official website
http://www.piestany.sk