List of traditional regions of Slovakia
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These traditional regions of Slovakia are mostly former counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, of which present-day Slovakia was part until 1918, but some other historical regions are also listed. See History of Slovakia.
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Counties
There were 20 (earlier 21) counties of the Kingdom of Hungary situated completely or partly in present-day Slovakia. After the creation of Czechoslovakia, they continued to exist until 1922. Most are still referred to informally.
| Slovak name | Hungarian name |
|---|---|
| Nitra | Nyitra |
| Tekov | Bars |
| Trenčín | Trencsén |
| Turiec | Turóc |
| Liptov | Liptó |
| Zvolen | Zólyom |
| Šariš | Sáros |
Counties that are partly included in Slovakia
- Mošoň (Hungarian: Moson, almost wholly in present-day Hungary)
- Prešporok (today's Bratislava, in Hungarian: Pozsony, almost wholly in Slovakia)
- Gemer-Malohont (Hungarian: Gömör-Kishont, almost wholly in Slovakia)
- Ráb (Hungarian: Győr, almost wholly in present-day Hungary)
- Komárno county (Hungarian: Komárom, southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Ostrihom county (Hungarian: Esztergom, southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Hont (almost wholly in Slovakia)
- Novohrad (Hungarian: Nógrád, southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Abov-Turňa (Hungarian: Abaúj-Torna, southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Zemplín (Hungarian: Zemplén, southern part in Hungary)
- Uh county (Hungarian: Ung, eastern part in Ukraine)
- Orava (Hungarian: Árva, northern part annexed by Poland in 1919)
- Spiš (Hungarian: Szepes, northern part annexed by Poland in 1919)
Other traditional regions
There are also other regions in Slovakia, which do not correspond to historical counties:
| Region | Former County part | Former County |
|---|---|---|
| Kysuce | northern | Trenčín |
| Záhorie | western | Nitra |
| Bratislava | ||
| Podpoľanie | southern | Zvolen |
| Zamagurie | northern | Spiš |