Western Slovakia

Western Slovakia (Západné Slovensko) is a subdivision of Slovakia as defined by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It is one of the four classified NUTS-2 statistical regions of Slovakia. The region incorporates the western parts of the country excluding the Bratislava Region, and encompasses an area of 14,992 km (5,788 sq mi). It incorporates threekraje–Nitra, Trnava and Trenčín. It has a population of more than 1.8 million, and is the most populated of the four regions of Slovakia.