Regions o Slovakie

Syne 1949 (except 1990–1996), Slovakie haes been dividit intae a number o kraje (singular kraj; uisually translatit as "Regions" wi caipital R). Their number, borders an functions hae been chyngit several times. There are currently aicht regions o Slovakie an they correspond tae the EU's NUTS 3 level o local admeenistrative units. Each kraj consists o okresy (counties). There are currently 79 Destricts.

Afore 1949
Historically, Slovakie wis no dividit intae kraje, but intae coonties (Slovak: župy or stolice). This wis the case when present-day Slovakie wis pairt o:
Great Moravia (cca. 9t century) 
the Kinrick o Hungary (cca. 11t / 12t century1918)
Czechoslovakie (the župy existed 19181928)
the WWII Slovak Republic (the župy existit  19401945)

In 1928–1939 (an formally 1945–1948 an aw) Slovakie as a whole formit the admeenistrative unit "Slovak land" (Krajina slovenská) athin Czechoslovakie.

Kraje 24 December 1948/1 Januar 1949 – June 30, 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.

Kraje 1 Julie 1960 – 19 December 1990
 Stredoslovenský kraj (Central Slovak Region)
 Východoslovenský kraj (Eastren Slovak Region)
 Západoslovenský kraj (Wastren Slovak Region)
 Bratislava (afore 22 Mairch 1968 pairt o the Západoslovenský kraj, efterwairds a pairtly separate entity; frae Januar 1971 a separate kraj)

Note: The kraje wur abolished frae 1 Julie 1969 tae 28 December 1970 an reintroducit then.

Kraje syne 24 Julie 1996
Efter a period athoot kraje an athoot ony equivalent (1990–1996), the kraje wur reintroducit  in 1996. As for admeenistrative division, Slovakie haes been subdividit intae 8 kraje.

 Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region)  (caipital Bratislava)
 Trnavský kraj (Trnava Region)  (caipital Trnava)
 Trenčiansky kraj (Trenčín Region) (caipital Trenčín)
 Nitriansky kraj (Nitra Region) (caipital Nitra)
 Žilinský kraj (Žilina Region) (caipital Žilina)
 Banskobystrický kraj (Banská Bystrica Region) (caipital Banská Bystrica)
 Prešovský kraj (Prešov Region) (caipital Prešov)
 Košický kraj (Košice Region) (caipital Košice)

Nr.RegionPop.Aurie (km²)Densitie1Bratislava603,6992,052.6294.112Trnava554,1724,172.2132.763Trenčín600,3864,501.9133.364Nitra708,4986,343.4111.695Žilina694,7636,808.4102.046Banská Bystrica657,1199,454.869.507Prešov798,5968,974.588.988Košice771,9476,751.9114.33
Syne 2002, Slovakie is dividit intae 8 samosprávne kraje (sel-govrenin regions), which are cried bi the Constitution vyššie územné celky (Heicher Territorial Units), abbr. VÚC. The territory an borders o the sel-govrenin regions are identical wi the territory an borders o the kraje. Therefore, the wird "kraj" can be replaced by "VÚC" or "samosprávny kraj" in each case in the abuin leet. The main difference is that organs o samosprávne kraje are sel-govrenance, wi an electit chairperson an 
assembly, while the organs o kraje are appointit bi the govrenment.

See an aw
Destricts o Slovakie
Coonties o Slovakie
ISO 3166-2:SK

Freemit airtins
EU-maps (the kraje correspond to the NUTS 3 level with EUROSTAT)

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