Western Slovakia
Western Slovakia is in the region including the capital Bratislava, the Slovakian Danube River Valley, and other lower-lying territory, bounded on the north by the Czech Republic, on the west by Austria, on the south by Hungary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Bratislava and Trnava.
Bratislava
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Bratislava, is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. It has a population of more than 475,000, and is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the country.
Trnava
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Trnava is a town in western Slovakia with a population of over 65,000. It has also been seat of archbishop and the Catholic Church has influenced the city during its history.
Nitra
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Nitra is a city in southwestern Slovakia, situated at the foot of the Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River Valley about 90 km northeast of the country's capital, Bratislava.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Považie and Nitra.
Považie
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Central Váh region and Lower Váh region are tourist regions in Western Slovakia. Together with Upper Považie, the whole region is situated around the Váh river.
Tekov
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Tekov is the traditional name of a region situated in southern and central Slovakia. Its territory encompasses the former Bars county, existing in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century until 1918, though it is now administratively divided between the Nitra and Banská Bystrica regions.
Podunajsko
Podunajsko is a tourist region in the vicinity of Danube river, in southern part of Western Slovakia.
Záhorie
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Záhorie is a region in Western Slovakia. The word "Záhorie" means " behind the mountains", referring to the Little Carpathians mountains that separate Záhorie from the rest of Slovakia.
Pezinok
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Pezinok is a city in Bratislava region. Pezinok is a central part of the Small Carpathian Wine Route, a wine-producing region stretching between Bratislava and Trnava.
Western Slovakia
- Type: subdivisions of Slovakia with 1,800,000 residents
- Description: region of Slovakia
- Also known as: “Zapadne Slovensko” and “Západné Slovensko”
- Category: NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity
- Location: Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
48.44° or 48° 26′ 24″ northLongitude of center
17.95° or 17° 57′ eastPopulation
1,800,000Wikidata ID
Q696333
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Venetian—“Western Slovakia” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Заходняя Славаччына”
- Catalan: “Eslovàquia occidental”
- Chinese: “西斯洛伐克”
- Czech: “RŠÚJ Západné Slovensko”
- Dutch: “West Slowakije”
- Dutch: “West-Slowakije”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Slovakio”
- French: “Slovaquie occidentale”
- German: “Westslowakei”
- Greek: “Δυτική Σλοβακία”
- Italian: “Slovacchia occidentale”
- Japanese: “西部スロヴァキア”
- Japanese: “西部スロバキア”
- Romanian: “Slovacia de Vest”
- Slovak: “RŠÚJ Západné Slovensko”
- Slovak: “Západné Slovensko”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Slovaška”
- Swedish: “Västra Slovakien”
- Swedish: “Västslovakien”
- Ukrainian: “Західна Словаччина”
- Venetian: “Slovàchia osidentałe”
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