Okres (
Czech and
Slovak term meaning "district" in
English; from German Kreis - circle (or perimeter)) refers to administrative entities in the
Czech Republic and
Slovakia. It is similar to Landkreis in Germany or "''okrug''" in other Slavic-speaking countries.
The first districts in the Czech lands developed from domains in 1850 by the decision of the Imperial government of
Austria. In the territory of present-day Slovakia their predecessors were districts of the
counties of the Kingdom of Hungary ''(slúžnovský okres'' in Slovak). The organisation and functions of the districts were different in the Czech lands and Hungary. After the creation of
Czechoslovakia districts became an administrative unit of the new state with a unified status. After the
dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...
in 1993, the district system was taken over by the two current successor states.
Equivalents
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Okręg
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Okrug
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Okruha
An okruha ( uk, округа) is an historical administrative division of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic that existed between 1923 and 1930. The system was intended as a transitional system between the Russian Imperial division of gover ...
See also
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Districts of Slovakia (okres)
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Districts of the Czech Republic
Districts of the Czech Republic are territorial units, formerly used as second-level administrative divisions of the Czech Republic. After their primary administrative function has been abolished in 2003, they still exist for the activities of sp ...
(okres)
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Powiat
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Raion
Upper-level division
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Krai
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Kreis
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Regions of Slovakia (
kraj)
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Regions of the Czech Republic
Regions of the Czech Republic ( cs, kraj, plural: ''kraje'') are higher-level territorial self-governing units of the Czech Republic. Every region is governed by a regional council, headed by a governor (''hejtman''). Elections to regional cou ...
(kraj)
Lower-level division
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Obec
Obec (plural: ''obce'') is the Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak word for a municipality (in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and abroad). The literal meaning of the word is "Intentional community, commune" or "community". It is th ...
(subdivisions of an okres)
External links
Map: location of every ''okres'' in the Czech Republic
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Geography of the Czech Republic
Geography of Slovakia