 Today in Slovakia, Tekov is the informal designation of the corresponding territory.Bars County shared borders with the Hungarian counties , , , , and .It was situated along the Garam river between Hont in the east, Körmöcbánya and Felsőbesenyő in the north (which were part of the county), the Zsitva river in the west, and Zsitvabesenyő and Bény in the south (which was not part of the county).