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Map of Bratislava Satellite view of Bratislava Bratislava is situated in southwestern Slovakia, within the Bratislava Region . Its location on the borders with Austria and Hungary makes it the only national capital that borders two countries .
Location of Bratislava within the Bratislava Region and within Slovakia Bratislava's highest point, Devínska Kobyla, part of the Little Carpathians mountain range. Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, is situated in Central Europe and it is located in the extreme south-west within Slovakia.
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Outline map of the Bratislava Region, Slovakia, ready for the Geobox template, calibrated at en:Template:Geobox locator Bratislava Region: Date: 27 October 2007: Source: Own work: Author: Caroig: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Bratislava Region - physical map.png
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The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km 2 and a population of 622,706 (2009). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize.
Until 1943, Bratislava consisted more or less of the boroughs Staré Mesto, Nové Mesto and a part of Ružinov. That year, the village of Karlova Ves was annexed to Bratislava. [ 2 ] In 1946, the formerly independent villages of Devín, Dúbravka, Lamač, Petržalka, Prievoz (part of Ružinov), Rača and Vajnory were annexed to Bratislava ...
Bratislava's geographical position in Central Europe has long made Bratislava a crossroads for international trade traffic. [188] [189] Various ancient trade routes, such as the Amber Road and the Danube waterway, have crossed territory of present-day Bratislava. Today, Bratislava is a road, railway, waterway and airway hub. [190]