The Prešov Region (Slovak: Prešovský kraj, pronounced [ˈpreʂɔwskiː ˈkraj]; Hungarian: Eperjesi kerület), also Priashiv Region[2] (Ukrainian: Пряшівський край, romanized: Priashivskyi krai, pronounced [prʲaʃivsʲkɪj kraj]), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status.
Major rivers in the region include the Poprad in the west, which is the only major Slovak river in the Baltic Sea watershed, a small part of Hornád in the south-west, a small part of Dunajec in the north, the Torysa in the centre and the Ondava and Laborec in the east.
The largest towns are Prešov, Poprad, Humenné, Bardejov and Snina.
[7] The current governor of Prešov region is Milan Majerský (KDH).
There are 666 municipalities, of which 23 are towns, where about half of the region's population live.