Bratislava Region
Bratislavský kraj | |
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Country | Slovakia |
Capital | Bratislava |
Government | |
• Body | County Council of Bratislava Region |
• Governor | Juraj Droba (SaS) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,053 km2 (793 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 754 m (2,474 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
Population (2021-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 719,537 |
• Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €30.709 billion (2022) |
• Per capita | €42,679 (2022) |
ISO 3166 code | SK-BL |
HDI (2022) | 0.945 [4] very high · 1st |
Website | bratislavskykraj |
The Bratislava Region (Slovak: Bratislavský kraj, pronounced [ˈbracislawskiː ˈkraj]; German: Pressburger/Bratislavaer Landschaftsverband (until 1919); Hungarian: Pozsonyi kerület) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. Its capital is Bratislava. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders exist from 1996. It is the smallest of the eight regions of Slovakia as well as the most urbanized, most developed and most productive by GDP per capita.