Slovakia
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Slovak Republic Slovenská republika | |
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Anthem: Nad Tatrou sa blýska "Lightning Over the Tatras" | |
Capital and largest city | Bratislava |
Official languages | Slovak |
Recognized languages | |
Ethnic groups (2001) | 85.8% Slovaks, 9.7% Hungarians, 1.7% Roma, 2.8% others and unspecified[1] |
Demonym(s) | Slovak |
Government | Parliamentary republic |
Zuzana Čaputová | |
Robert Fico | |
Independence | |
28 October 1918 | |
• from Czechoslovakia | 1 January 19931 |
Area | |
• Total | 49,035 km2 (18,933 sq mi) (129th) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2010 estimate | 5,440,078[2] (111th) |
• 2001 census | 5,379,455 |
• Density | 111/km2 (287.5/sq mi) (88th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $179.527 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $33,054[3] (39th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $89.134 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $16,412[3] (40th) |
Gini (2005) | 26 low |
HDI (2011) | 0.834[4] very high · 35th |
Currency | Euro (€)2 (EUR2) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +4214 |
ISO 3166 code | SK |
Internet TLD | .sk3 |
1 Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; see Velvet Divorce. 2 Before 2009: Slovak Koruna 3 Also .eu, shared with other European Union member states. 4 Shared code 42 with Czech Republic until 1997. |
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Slovakia (Slovak: Slovensko) (Official name The Slovak Republic, Slovenská republika) is a landlocked country in the eastern region of Central Europe. It is bordered by Austria in the southwest, Hungary in the south, Ukraine in the east, Poland in the north and Czech Republic in the northwest. Its capital city is Bratislava, the only capital of the world that borders with other two countries. Other main cities are Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Trenčín, Nitra and Trnava. Slovakia has been a member of the European Union since 2004 and its official currency is the Euro.