List of traditional regions of Slovakia
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These traditional regions of Slovakia are mostly former counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, but also some other regions. Slovakia was part of the Kingdom from the 11th/14th century onwards to 1918.
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[edit] 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 till 1922. Most of them are still used informally for the corresponding territory.
[edit] Counties that are completely incorporated in Slovakia
[edit] Counties that are partly incorporated in Slovakia
- Mošoň (almost whole in present-day Hungary)
- Prešporok(Bratislava county) (almost whole in Slovakia)
- Gemer-Malohont (almost whole in Slovakia)
- Ráb (almost whole in present-day Hungary)
- Komárno county (southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Ostrihom county (southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Hont (southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Novohrad (southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Abov-Turňa (southern part in present-day Hungary)
- Zemplín (sountern part in Hungary, eastern in Ukraine)
- Uh county (eastern part of Ukraine).
[edit] Other traditional regions
There are also other regions in Slovakia, which do not correspond to historical counties:
- Kysuce - northern part of the former Trenčín county
- Záhorie - western part of the former Nitra and Bratislava county
- Podpoľanie - southern part of the former Zvolen county
- Zamagurie - northern part of the former Spiš county
- Žitný ostrov - part of former Bratislava and Komárno counties
