What is Regions of Slovakia?
Since 1949 (except 1990-1996), [[Slovakia]] has been divided into a number of ''kraje'' (singular ''kraj'', usually translated as '''Regions''', but mean rather county). Slovakia is currently divided into 8 regions. Each kraj is then divided into many ''okresy'' (singular ''okres'', usually translated as districts). Slovakia currently has 79 [[Districts of Slovakia|districts]]. Each region is named after its capital. The following list shows: name of the region, its capital, number of districts, population (as of 2001) and area. [[Image:Slovakiakrajenumbers.png|thumb|right|240px|Regions of Slovakia]] # [[Bratislava Region]], capital [[Bratislava]] - 8 districts, pop. 599,015, 2053km² # [[Trnava Region]], capital [[Trnava]] - 7 districts, pop. 550,103, 4108km² # [[Trenčín Region]], capital [[Trenčín]] - 9 districts, pop. 605,582, 4501km² # [[Nitra Region]], capital [[Nitra]] - 7 districts, pop. 713,442, 6343km² # [[Žilina Region]], capital [[Žilina]] - 11 districts, pop. 692,232, 6788km² # [[Banská Bystrica Region]], capital [[Banská Bystrica]] - 13 districts, pop. 662,121, 9455km² # [[Prešov Region]], capital [[Prešov]] - 13 districts, pop. 789,968, 8993km² # [[Košice Region]], capital [[Košice]] - 11 districts, pop. 766,012, 6753km² {{Multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Regions of Slovakia| ]]