There are the following official regions for the purposes of tourism in Slovakia:

Division until 2004

The districts (okresy) completely or partly included in the regions are indicated in brackets:

• Bratislava and surroundings (Bratislava, Malacky, Pezinok, Senec)
• Záhorie (Malacky, Myjava, Senica, Skalica)
• Podunajsko [ Danube River region ] (Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Komárno, Nové Zámky, Šaľa)
• Považie [ Váh region ] (Hlohovec, Nové Mesto n/Váhom, Piešťany, Trenčín, Trnava)
• Horné Považie [Upper Váh region] (Bytča, Ilava, Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Žilina)
• Ponitrie [ Nitra River region ] (Bánovce nad Bebravou, Nitra, Partizánske, Prievidza, Šaľa, Topoľčany, Zlaté Moravce)
• Kysuce (Čadca, Kysucké Nové Mesto)
• Orava (Dolný Kubín, Námestovo, Tvrdošín)
• Turiec (Martin, Turčianske Teplice)
• Horehronie [ Upper Hron River region] (Banská Bystrica, Brezno)
• Pohronie [ Hron River region] (Banská Štiavnica, Levice, Zlaté Moravce, Žarnovica, Žiar n/Hronom)
• Podpoľanie [ Territory below the Poľana Mountains ] (Detva, Krupina, Zvolen)
• Novohrad (Levice, Lučenec, Poltár, Veľký Krtíš)
• Gemer (Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava)
• Liptov (Liptovský Mikuláš, Ružomberok)
• Tatras (Kežmarok, Poprad)
• Spiš (Gelnica, Levoča, Spišská Nová Ves)
• Zamagurie [ Territory behind the Spišská Magura Mountains ] (Stará Ľubovňa)
• Šariš (Bardejov, Prešov, Sabinov, Stropkov, Svidník)
• Košice and surroundings (Košice, Košice-okolie)
• Horný Zemplín [ Upper Zemplin] (Humenné, Medzilaborce, Snina, Vranov n/Topľou)
• Dolný Zemplín [ Lower Zemplin] (Michalovce, Sobrance, Trebišov)

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Danube (German: , Slovak: Dunaj, Hungarian: , Croatian: Dunav, Serbian: Дунав/Dunav, Bulgarian: Дунав, Romanian: , Ukrainian: , Latin: Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... The Váh near PieÅ¡Å¥any. ... Nitra (-Slovak, German: Neutra, Hungarian: Nyitra / Nyitria [older]) is a city in western Slovakia (and the fourth largest urban settlement in Slovakia) situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra river valley. ... Kysuce is a traditional informal name for the northern Slovak region between the Orava region in the east and the Czech border in the west. ... Orava is the name of: A historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary (see Orava (county)) A river in Slovakia (see Orava (river) A castle in Slovakia (see Orava (castle)) A reservoir in Slovakia (see Orava (reservoir)) A village in Estonia (see Orava (village)) This is a disambiguation... Turiec is the name of: a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary; a river in Slovakia. ... Hron (German: Gran, Hungarian: Garam) is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube in Slovakia. ... Trinitry Square (Trojičné námestie). ... Nógrád an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Gemer (in Latin: Gömörinum, in German: Gemer or Gömör, in Hungarian: Gömör) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Liptov (-Slovak, in Latin: Liptovium, in German: Liptau, in Hungarian: Liptó, in Polish: Liptów) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Tatras Tatra or Tatras (in Polish and Slovak Tatry, which is a word in plural) is a mountain range on the border of Poland and Slovakia, the highest part of the Carpathian Mountains. ... Poprad (Hungarian: Poprád, German: Deutschendorf) is a town in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains. ... Spiš (in Latin: Scepusium, in Polish: Spisz, in German: Zips, in Hungarian: Szepes) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Stará Ľubovňa (German Altlublau, Hungarian Ólubló) is a city with approximately 15. ... Šariš (in Latin: comitatus Sarossiensis, in German: Scharosch, in Hungarian: Sáros) is a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Košice (German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa) is Slovakias second largest city. ... Zemplín (in Latin: Zemplinum, in German: Semplin, in Hungarian: Zemplén) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ...

Division from 2004

• Bratislava
• Záhorie
• Podunajsko
• Dolné Považie [ Lower Váh River region]
• Stredné Považie [ Middle Váh River region ]
• Severné Považie [ Northern Váh River region ]
• Nitriansko [ Nitra region ]
• Horná Nitra [ Upper region ]
• Orava
• Turiec
• Horehronie
• Pohronie
• Ipeľsko [ Ipeľ River region ]
• Gemer
• Liptov
• Tatras
• Spiš
• Košice
• Šariš
• Horný Zemplín
• Dolný Zemplín

Ipeľ (Hungarian: Ipoly, German: Eipel) is a 232 km long river in Slovakia and Hungary, tributary to the river Danube. ...

See also

• Regions of Slovakia
• List of traditional regions of Slovakia