Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovak: Slovensko) is a landlocked republic in Central Europe. It borders the Czech Republic in the northwest, Poland in the north, Ukraine in the east, Hungary in the south, and Austria in the southwest.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Regions of Slovakia

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As for administrative division, Slovakia is subdivided into 8 kraje (singular - kraj, usually translated as regions, but actually meaning rather county), each of which is named after their principal city. As for territorial division and the definition of self-governing entities, since 2002, Slovakia is divided into eight Upper-Tier Territorial Units (sg. vy??í územný celok, pl. vy??ie územné celky, abbr. VÚC) called samosprávny kraj (Self-governing (or: autonomous) Region):

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• Bratislava Region (Bratislavský kraj) (see also Bratislava)
• Trnava Region (Trnavský kraj) (see also Trnava)
• Tren?ín Region (Tren?iansky kraj) (see also Tren?ín)
• Nitra Region (Nitriansky kraj) (see also Nitra)
• ?ilina Region (?ilinský kraj) (see also ?ilina)
• Banská Bystrica Region (Banskobystrický kraj) (see also Banská Bystrica)
• Pre?ov Region (Pre?ovský kraj) (see also Pre?ov)
• Ko?ice Region (Ko?ický kraj) (see also Ko?ice)

(the word kraj can be replaced by samosprávny kraj in each case)

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The "kraje" are subdivided into many okresy (sg. okres, usually translated as districts). Slovakia currently has 79 districts.

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See also:

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• List of traditional regions of Slovakia
• List of tourism regions of Slovakia