Územie

Územie is a Slovak noun meaning a bounded geographic space, territory, or area. It denotes space defined by boundaries and can refer to natural or built environments as well as larger regions within a country. The term is neutral and widely used in everyday language as well as in technical contexts.

In geography and planning, územie describes the spatial characteristics of an area and is used in discussions of land use, environment, and development. It appears in terms such as územné plánovanie (spatial planning), územný plán (zoning plan), and other planning documents that address how space is organized and managed.

In political and legal contexts, územie refers to the territory of a state or the geographical extent of administrative units. In Slovakia, the country is divided into territorial units such as kraje (regions) and okresy (districts), and these divisions are defined within the broader územie of the Slovak Republic. The concept is also relevant for cross-border, regional, or local discussions about sovereignty, governance, and rights within a defined space.

Etymology and cognates: územie has cognates in other Slavic languages, such as Czech území, reflecting a common Slavic heritage. In English, the closest equivalents are territory or area, used in similar spatial and jurisdictional senses.