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5.1 Location map templates. 5.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Slovakia Bratislava Region. 10 languages.
A topographical map of Slovakia. The Tatra Mountains, with 29 peaks higher than 2,500 metres (8,202 feet) AMSL, are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains. The Tatras occupy an area of 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi), of which the greater part 600 square kilometres (232 sq mi) lies in Slovakia. They are divided into several parts.
Bratislava lies on the foothills of the Little Carpathians mountains and the city straddles both banks of the Danube River. The city has a total area of 367.58 km 2 (141.92 sq mi), making it the second largest city in Slovakia by area (after the township of Vysoké Tatry).
SK0 Slovakia SK01 Bratislava Region SK010 Bratislava Region SK02 Western Slovakia (Západné Slovensko) SK021 Trnava Region SK022 Trenčín Region SK023 Nitra Region SK03 Central Slovakia (Stredné Slovensko) SK031 Žilina Region SK032 Banská Bystrica Region SK04 Eastern Slovakia (Východné Slovensko) SK041 Prešov Region SK042 Košice Region
Historically, Slovakia was not divided into kraje, but into counties (Slovak: župy or stolice). This was the case when present-day Slovakia was part of: Great Moravia (c. 9th century) Kingdom of Hungary (c. 11th/12th century – 1918) Czechoslovakia (the župy existed 1918 – 1928) the WWII Slovak Republic (the župy existed 1940 – 1945)
Outline map of the Bratislava Region, Slovakia, ready for the Geobox template, calibrated at en:Template:Geobox locator Bratislava Region: Date: 27 October 2007: Source: Own work: Author: Caroig: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Bratislava Region - physical map.png
The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km 2 and a population of 622,706 (2009). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize.
Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day