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The districts of Slovakia are administrative units known as okres in the Slovak language. It is a second-tier territorial administrative unit, below a Region (kraje) in standing, and superior to a municipality (obec). Each district contains at least several municipalities.

The cities of Bratislava and Košice are the only cities in Slovakia divided into internal urban districts, with five in Bratislava, and four in Košice. These urban districts are then further divided into smaller boroughs (which serve a function analogous to municipalities in typical districts).

All other districts are larger in size and also include rural areas, and rural as well as urban municipalities. Each of these more typical districts has an urban centre serving as the seat of the district, usually the largest town (or the only town) of a given district. Rural municipalities are not legally allowed to become district seats.

## Map of current Slovak districts

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Districts (okresy) of Slovakia

## Characteristics

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Several districts form a "region" (Slovak: kraj). One district, on the other hand, consists of several "municipalities" (Slovak: obce), which in turn consist of "cadastral areas" (Slovak: katastrálne územia).

Districts have been units of state administration in Slovakia since its creation with a few interruptions, e. g. the period from 2004 to late 2013. Today, each district is administered by a "district office" (okresný úrad). Since late 2013, there have also been some special district offices responsible (regarding some selected issues) not for the territory of a district, but for the territory of a region (kraj). These are called "district office at the seat of a region" (okresný úrad v sídle kraja).

In the period between 2004 and late 2013, the district offices were abolished and replaced by "circuit offices" (obvodný úrad.), which were usually responsible for several districts (except for the Nové Zámky District, which was one district with two circuit offices).

Slovakia currently has 79 districts, with the capital city of Bratislava being divided into 5 districts and the city of Košice into 4 districts. The districts are named after their administrative seats, colloquially known as "district towns". The district town is commonly the largest town in the district, although exceptions exist, such as Ilava District where the district town Ilava is far overshadowed by the much larger Dubnica nad Váhom, or Košice-okolie District, the seat of which (Košice) is not part of the district at all, instead being subdivided into four of its own districts.

## Districts of Slovakia

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The following table gives an overview of the districts, along with the population, area, and location within Slovakia.

District | Population[1][2]
(2020) | Area[3] in km2
(2020) | Region (kraj)

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Banská Bystrica | 110,631 () | 809 | Banská Bystrica
Banská Štiavnica | 16,003 () | 292 | Banská Bystrica
Bardejov | 77,666 () | 935 | Prešov
Bánovce nad Bebravou | 35,972 () | 461 | Trenčín
Brezno | 60,905 () | 1,265 | Banská Bystrica
Bratislava I | 42,546 () | 9 | Bratislava
Bratislava II | 116,669 () | 92 | Bratislava
Bratislava III | 70,641 () | 74 | Bratislava
Bratislava IV | 98,404 () | 96 | Bratislava
Bratislava V | 112,688 () | 94 | Bratislava
Bytča | 31,056 () | 281 | Žilina
Čadca | 89,494 () | 760 | Žilina
Detva | 31,771 () | 449 | Banská Bystrica
Dolný Kubín | 39,480 () | 491 | Žilina
Dunajská Streda | 123,355 () | 1,074 | Trnava
Galanta | 94,179 () | 641 | Trnava
Gelnica | 31,923 () | 584 | Košice
Hlohovec | 44,731 () | 267 | Trnava
Humenné | 61,398 () | 754 | Prešov
Ilava | 58,811 () | 358 | Trenčín
Kežmarok | 76,165 () | 629 | Prešov
Komárno | 100,992 () | 1,100 | Nitra
Košice I | 67,421 () | 85 | Košice
Košice II | 82,115 () | 80 | Košice
Košice III | 28,535 () | 16 | Košice
Košice IV | 60,067 () | 60 | Košice
Košice – okolie | 131,305 () | 1,534 | Košice
Krupina | 22,050 () | 584 | Banská Bystrica
Kysucké Nové Mesto | 32,890 () | 173 | Žilina
Levice | 110,040 () | 1,551 | Nitra
Levoča | 33,730 () | 421 | Prešov
Liptovský Mikuláš | 72,054 () | 1,341 | Žilina
Lučenec | 73,071 () | 825 | Banská Bystrica
Malacky | 75,325 () | 949 | Bratislava
Martin | 95,921 () | 735 | Žilina
Medzilaborce | 11,708 () | 427 | Prešov
Michalovce | 110,670 () | 1,019 | Košice
Myjava | 26,062 () | 327 | Trenčín
Námestovo | 63,268 () | 690 | Žilina
Nitra | 161,499 () | 870 | Nitra
Nové Mesto nad Váhom | 62,572 () | 579 | Trenčín
Nové Zámky | 137,778 () | 1,347 | Nitra
Partizánske | 45,293 () | 301 | Trenčín
Pezinok | 66,174 () | 375 | Bratislava
Piešťany | 62,626 () | 381 | Trnava
Poltár | 21,179 () | 476 | Banská Bystrica
Poprad | 105,015 () | 1,104 | Prešov
Považská Bystrica | 61,993 () | 463 | Trenčín
Prešov | 176,781 () | 933 | Prešov
Prievidza | 132,891 () | 959 | Trenčín
Púchov | 44,136 () | 375 | Trenčín
Revúca | 39,349 () | 730 | Banská Bystrica
Rimavská Sobota | 83,953 () | 1,471 | Banská Bystrica
Rožňava | 61,944 () | 1,173 | Košice
Ružomberok | 56,536 () | 646 | Žilina
Sabinov | 61,072 () | 545 | Prešov
Senec | 94,577 () | 359 | Bratislava
Senica | 60,314 () | 683 | Trnava
Skalica | 46,965 () | 357 | Trnava
Snina | 35,833 () | 804 | Prešov
Sobrance | 22,775 () | 538 | Košice
Spišská Nová Ves | 100,201 () | 587 | Košice
Stará Ľubovňa | 54,054 () | 707 | Prešov
Stropkov | 20,366 () | 388 | Prešov
Svidník | 32,334 () | 549 | Prešov
Šaľa | 51,309 () | 355 | Nitra
Topoľčany | 69,521 () | 597 | Nitra
Trebišov | 105,136 () | 1,073 | Košice
Trenčín | 114,837 () | 674 | Trenčín
Trnava | 133,154 () | 741 | Trnava
Turčianske Teplice | 15,854 () | 392 | Žilina
Tvrdošín | 36,127 () | 478 | Žilina
Veľký Krtíš | 43,002 () | 848 | Banská Bystrica
Vranov nad Topľou | 80,906 () | 769 | Prešov
Zlaté Moravce | 40,369 () | 521 | Nitra
Zvolen | 68,657 () | 759 | Banská Bystrica
Žarnovica | 26,054 () | 425 | Banská Bystrica
Žiar nad Hronom | 46,477 () | 517 | Banská Bystrica
Žilina | 158,456 () | 815 | Žilina

## See also

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* Boroughs and localities of Bratislava
* Boroughs and localities of Košice

## References

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1. ^ "Statistic of Slovak places by Dušan Kreheľ – Export". Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
2. ^ "Statistic of Slovak places by Dušan Kreheľ – Export". Archived from the original on 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
3. ^ "Statistic of Slovak places by Dušan Kreheľ – Export". Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

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