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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Banská Bystrica and Žilina.

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is a city in central , located on the River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the , the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains.

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is a town in Central Slovakia with a population of 80,000 and the capital city of the self-administrative region. The city itself offers a nice historic centre, which is unique in thanks to the arcades on the main square, and a vibrant cultural scene.

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is a city in the northern Central Slovakia. It is the center of the . It is on the Turiec river, between the and mountains.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Horné Považie and Liptov.

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The Upper Váh region is a tourism region in the north-west of . Because of its countryside, it is one of the most visited regions in . Until the year 1923, it was part of Trencsén County.

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is a historical and geographical region in central with around 140,000 inhabitants. The area is also known by the German name Liptau, the Hungarian Liptó, the Latin name Liptovium and the Polish Liptów.

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is the traditional name of a region situated in northern and partially also in southern . It encompasses the territory of the former comitatus of Árva of Kingdom of Hungary.

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County was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Most of its territory is now part of , while a smaller southern portion is part of .

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is a tourism and geographic region of . It is situated in the and districts and encompasses the upper Hron River valley and the surrounding Low Tatra mountain ranges.

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is a region in central , one of the 21 official tourism regions. The region is not an administrative division today, but between the late 11th century and 1920 it was the Turóc County in the Kingdom of Hungary.

is a tourism region in Central Slovakia. The region name comes from the "Poľana" mountain right north of it.

is a region in Central Slovakia, situated around the Ipeľ river. It is one of the poorest Slovak regions.

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is a national park. It constitutes the highest mountain ranges in , and extends from the northern parts of Central Slovakia to .

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The or Low Tatra is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central . It is located south of the Tatras proper, from which it is separated by the valleys of the and rivers.

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is a karst mountain range in the Western in the north-west of Central Slovakia. It lies between Nitrianske Pravno, Strečno, and Zázrivá.

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is a mountain range in the Western in Central Slovakia. It is among the towns of Ružomberok, Harmanec, Turčianske Teplice and Martin.

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is one of the youngest national parks in Slovakia. The core area measures 21,318 ha and the protective belt 21,698 ha. It includes 14 smaller protected territories. The headquarters are located in Revúca.

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is a mountain range in Central Slovakia. It is a portion of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western . The range is 24 km long and on average only 4 km wide.

Central Slovakia

Latitude of center
48.76° or 48° 45′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
19.19° or 19° 11′ 24″ east
Population
1,300,000
Wiki­data ID
Q1541057
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Central Slovakia” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “中斯洛伐克”
  • Czech: “RŠÚJ Stredné Slovensko”
  • Dutch: “Centraal Slowakije”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Slowakije”
  • Esperanto: “centra Slovakio”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Slovakio”
  • French: “Slovaquie centrale”
  • German: “Mittelslowakei”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Σλοβακία”
  • Indonesian: “Slowakia Tengah”
  • Italian: “Slovacchia centrale”
  • Japanese: “中央スロヴァキア”
  • Japanese: “中央スロバキア”
  • Japanese: “中部スロヴァキア”
  • Japanese: “中部スロバキア”
  • Macedonian: “Средна Словачка”
  • Russian: “Средняя Словакия”
  • Russian: “Центральная Словакия”
  • Slovak: “RŠÚJ Stredné Slovensko”
  • Slovak: “Stredné Slovensko”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja Slovaška”
  • Slovenian: “Stredné Slovensko”
  • Ukrainian: “Середня Словаччина”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Словаччина”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Central Slovakia”. Photo: Jojo 1, CC BY-SA 3.0.