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See also the Ranked List Of Slovak Regions . ''NOTE: The term "Region" (Slovak:kraj) is not to be confused with:
BEFORE 1949 Historically, Slovakia was not divided into kraje, but into Comitatus es (counties, Slovak '' župy ''/"stolice") . This was the case when present-day Slovakia was part of:
In 1928-1939 (and formally also 1945-1948) Slovakia as a whole formed the administrative unit "Slovak land" (Krajina slovenská) within Czechoslovakia . KRAJE DECEMBER 24, 1948/ JANUARY 1 1949 – JUNE 30, 1960
Each kraj was named after its principal city KRAJE JULY 1, 1960 – DECEMBER 19, 1990
NOTE: The kraje were abolished from July 1, 1969 to December 28, 1970 and reintroduced then. KRAJE SINCE JULY 24, 1996 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: # Bratislavský kraj ( Bratislava Region ) (see also Bratislava ) # Trnavský kraj ( Trnava Region ) (see also Trnava ) # Trenčiansky kraj ( Trenčín Region ) (see also Trenčín ) # Nitriansky kraj ( Nitra Region ) (see also Nitra ) # Žilinský kraj ( Žilina Region ) (see also Žilina ) # Banskobystrický kraj ( Banská Bystrica Region ) (see also Banská Bystrica ) # Prešovský kraj ( Prešov Region ) (see also Prešov ) # Košický kraj ( Košice Region ) ( (see also Košice ) As for territorial division and the definition of self-governing entities, since 2002, Slovakia is additionally divided into 8 "vyššie územné celky" abbr. VÚC (Higher Territorial Units) and 8 "samosprávne kraje" (Self-governing (or: Autonomous) Regions), both of which are presently identical with the 8 "kraje" . Thus, the word "kraj" can be replaced by "VÚC" or "samosprávny kraj" in each case in the above list. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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