South Moravia

The South Moravian Region, or just South Moravia, is an administrative unit of the , located in the south-western part of its historical region of .
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is the major city of Moravia. It is the largest city in Moravia and the second-largest city in the Czech Republic by population and area. It was founded around the year 1000; and since the 14th century, the city served as the capital of Moravia.

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is a city in the South Moravia region of the . Bata shoe company started and developed here before the World War II. The city is most well known for its interesting functionalistic architecture.

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is a town of 33,000 people in South Moravia, . It's famous for its compact old town centre with oldest buildings dating back to 12th century, wine, and nearby National Park Podyjí.

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is a town in South Moravia, . stands on the site of an earlier ford across the River Morava, at the foot of the Chriby mountain range which dominates the central part of Moravia.

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is a town in the South Moravian Region of the . It has about 25,000 inhabitants. Located at the Czech-Austrian state border and near the Czech–Slovak state border, it is an important railway hub.

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is a town of 7,700 people in South Moravia on the Brünner Straße near the border with Austria. It is particularly worth seeing because of the listed, well-preserved city centre and the castle.

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is a town in the Zlín Region of the , 23 km southwest of on the Morava River. The town itself has a population of around 25,000.

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Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape is in South Moravia, , near the Austrian and Slovakian border. It is truly a cultural landscape - you can find numerous historical and natural sights here.

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is a village in south Moravia, . It claims to be a winery village. has about 2,200 inhabitants. It is in a flat, rural part of the country.

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is a town in in the South Moravian Region of the . It has about 2,600 inhabitants.

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is a small town in the Moravian wine region of the , where you can take an amazing trip on horseback through the vineyards.

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is a Protected Landscape Area in the South Moravia region of the . It features numerous deep caves and gorges. Even though it is not listed as national park, it is often regarded as one of the most interesting natural sights in the Czech Republic.

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The is composed of four villages – Mutěnice, Dubňany, Ratíškovice and Milotice.

South Moravia

Latitude of center
49.2012° or 49° 12′ 4″ north
Longitude of center
16.6134° or 16° 36′ 48″ east
Population
1,200,000
Elevation
212 metres (696 feet)
Geo­Names ID
3339536
Wiki­data ID
Q192697
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“South Moravia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم جنوب مورافيا”
  • Aragonese: “Moravia Meridional”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Մորավիայի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Moravia Meridional”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Moraviya diyarı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yihomoravsk diyarı”
  • Balinese: “Region Moravia Kelod”
  • Basque: “Hego Moravia”
  • Bavarian: “Südmährn”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвамараўскі край”
  • Bengali: “সাউথ মুরাভিয়ান অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Južnomoravski kraj”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Moravia ar Su”
  • Bulgarian: “Южноморавски край”
  • Catalan: “Moràvia Meridional”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Moràvia Meridional”
  • Cebuano: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Chechen: “Къилба-Моравин мохк”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Moravia Chiu”
  • Chinese: “南摩拉瓦亚州”
  • Chinese: “南摩拉瓦州”
  • Chinese: “南摩拉維亞州”
  • Chinese: “南摩拉维亚”
  • Chinese: “南摩拉维亚州”
  • Croatian: “Južna Moravska”
  • Czech: “Brněnský kraj”
  • Czech: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Czech: “Jihomoravský”
  • Danish: “Sydmæhren”
  • Danish: “Sydmähren”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Dutch: “Jihomoravsky kraj”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Moravie”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Moravië”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Moravische Regio”
  • Esperanto: “Sudmoravia regiono”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Määri maakond”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Morava maakond”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Määrin lääni”
  • French: “CZ-JM”
  • French: “Moravie méridionale”
  • French: “Moravie-du-Sud”
  • French: “Région de Brno”
  • French: “Région de Moravie-du-Sud”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Moravia Meridional”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ მორავიის მხარე”
  • German: “Brněnský kraj”
  • German: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • German: “Region Brünn”
  • German: “Südmähren”
  • German: “Südmährische Region”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Νότιας Μοραβίας”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ મોરાવિયન પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “דרום מוראביה”
  • Hebrew: “מוראביה הדרומית”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण मोरावियन क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Morva kerület”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-morvaországi kerület”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Moravia Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Indonesian: “Moravia Selatan”
  • Italian: “Moravia meridionale”
  • Italian: “Moravia Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Regione della Moravia meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南モラヴィア州”
  • Japanese: “南モラヴィア県”
  • Japanese: “南モラビア州”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಮೊರವಿಯನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “남모라바 주”
  • Korean: “남모라바주”
  • Korean: “남모라비아 주”
  • Korean: “남부 모라바 주”
  • Korean: “남부 모라비아 주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidmorāvijas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Moravija”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Moravijos kraštas”
  • Lombard: “Moravia de Sot”
  • Macedonian: “Јужноморавски крај”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Moravia Selatan”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण मोरावियन प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی موراویا اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Moravia Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdmäärisk Regiuun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Mähren”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syd-Mähren”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sydmähriske region”
  • Norwegian: “Syd-Mähren”
  • Norwegian: “Sydmähren”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brno”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Moràvia del Sud”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Моравийы край”
  • Pampanga: “South Moravian Labuad”
  • Persian: “استان موراویای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “منطقه موراویای جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Kraj południowomorawski”
  • Portuguese: “Morávia do Sul”
  • Quechua: “Urin Murawya suyu”
  • Romanian: “Moravia de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Moravia de Sud”
  • Russian: “Южная Моравия”
  • Russian: “Южно-Моравский край”
  • Russian: “Южноморавский край”
  • Rusyn: “Югоморавскый край”
  • Samogitian: “Pėitū Muoravėjės krašts”
  • Serbian: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Serbian: “Južnomoravski kraj”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Моравска”
  • Serbian: “Јужноморавски крај”
  • Serbian: “Јужноморавски регион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južnomoravski kraj”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු මොරවියන් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Slovak: “Juhomoravský kraj”
  • Slovenian: “CZ-JM”
  • Slovenian: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Slovenian: “Južnomoravski okraj”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی موراویا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Moravia del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Moravia Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Region de Moravia Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Región de Moravia Meridional”
  • Swedish: “Region Sydmähren”
  • Swedish: “Södra Mähren”
  • Swedish: “Sydmähren”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு மொராவின் பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “தென் மொராவியா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Моравия төбәге”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ మొరావియన్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นเซาท์มอเรเวีย”
  • Turkish: “Güney Moravya ili”
  • Turkish: “Güney Moravya”
  • Ukrainian: “Південноморавський край”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Juhomorawski kraj”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Južna Morawa”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Južnomorawski kraj”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی موراویائی ریجن”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی موراویائی علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Jihomoravský kraj”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Moravia”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Nam Moravia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Moravia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “South Moravian”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی موراویائی علاقہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “南摩拉维亚州”
  • “Pėitū Muoravėjės krašts”

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