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A kraj (plural: kraje) is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and historically in Czechoslovakia. The term derives from the Russian: Krai, which is etymologically similar to the German: kreis (Old High German: kreiz); meaning "district", "circle", or "partisan".
For lack of other English expressions, the term is often translated as region, territory, or province, although it actually approximately means "(part of) country", "(part of) countryside", "county", "shire".
A kraj is subdivided into okresy (districts).
The first "kraje" were created in 1949 in Czechoslovakia and still exist today (except for the early 1990's) despite many rearrangements.
See also
- Krai (in Russia)
- kreis
- Districts of Slovakia (okres)
- Regions of Slovakia (kraj)
- Districts of Serbia(Okruzi)
- Regions of Serbia (pokrajine)
- Districts of the Czech Republic (okres)
- Regions of the Czech Republic (kraj)
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