Slovakia little big country
| Slovak Republic
Slovenská republika
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| Anthem: Nad Tatrou sa blýska "Lightning over the Tatras" |
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 Location of Slovakia (orange)
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Bratislava 48°09′N 17°07′E / 48.15, 17.117 |
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| Official languages | Slovak | |||||
| Ethnic groups | 85.8% Slovaks, 9.7% Hungarians, 1.7% Roma, 2.8% other minority groups | |||||
| Demonym | Slovak | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Ivan Gašparovič | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Robert Fico | ||||
| - | President of National Council | Pavol Paška | ||||
| Independence | Peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia | |||||
| - | Date | January 1, 19931 | ||||
| EU accession | May 1, 2004 | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 49,035 km2(130th) 18,932 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | negligible | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2001 census | 5,379,455 (109th) | ||||
| - | Density | 111/km2 (88th) 287/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $109.677 billion(59th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $21,787,(41st) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $74.988 billion (60th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $14,896 (42nd} | ||||
| HDI (2004) | ▲ 0.863 (high) (42nd) | |||||
| Currency | Euro (€)2 (EUR) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .sk3 | |||||
| Calling code | +4214 | |||||
| 1 Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; see Velvet Divorce. 2Slovakia adopted the Euro as its currency on January 1, 2009 at a rate of €1 = 30.1260SKK. Koruna coins and notes are in dual-circulation with the euro until January 16th 2009. 3 Also .eu, shared with other European Union member states. 4 Shared code 42 with Czech Republic until 1997. |
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Slovakia (long form: Slovak Republic; Slovak: Slovensko (, long form Slovenská republika is a landlocked country in Central and Danubian Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres (almost 19,000 square miles). The Slovak Republic borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava. Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, UN, OECD, WTO, UNESCO and other international organizations.
The Slavic people arrived in the territory of present day Slovakia between the 5th and 6th centuries AD during the Migration Period. In the course of history, various parts of Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs), Great Moravia, the Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg (Austrian) monarchy, Austria-Hungary,and Czechoslovakia The present-day Slovak Republic became an independent state on January 1, 1993 with the peaceful division of Czechoslovakia in the Velvet Divorce; it was, with Czech Republic, the last European country to gain independence in the 20th century.
Slovakia is a high-income economy with one of the fastest growth rates in the EU and OECD. It joined the European Union in 2004 and joined the Eurozone on the 1st of January, 2009