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Official Country name: Slovak republic

National Flag:
 

National Anthem: Nad Tatrou sa blýska (Lightning over the Tatras)

Bordering countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine

Capital: Bratislava

Area: 49 030 square kilometers

Maximum length: 428 km (Zahorska Ves - Nova Sedlica)

Maximum width: 195 km (Sturovo - Skalite)

Elevation above sea level: 95 m (Bodrog) - 2655 m (Gerlach)

Population: 5 413 548 (2009)

Population density: 110/sq.km

Nationalities: Slovak (85.6%), Hungarian (10.8%), Romany (1.8%), Czech (1.2%), Ruthenian (0.3%), Ukrainian (0.3%), German (0.1%), Polish (0.1%),Other (0.2%)

Religion: Roman-Catholic (60.3%), Greek-Catholic (3.4%), Protestant (6.2%), Reformist (1.6%), Orthodox (0.6%), Without any confession (9.7%), No data (18.2%)

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Independence: January 1, 1993 (from The Czecho-Slovak Federation, previously Czechoslovakia)

Constitution: January 1, 1993

Currency: Euro

Climate: continental

Average annual temperature: 9 to 10 °C (48 to 50 °F)

Time zone: GMT + 1

Nearest Airports: Bratislava, Budapest, Vienna, Krakow

See the current weather and temperatures:
http://www.datameteo.com/meteo/weather_Slovakia%20%28slovak%20republic%29

For more information about Slovakia please visit:
www.slovakia.org
www.discoverslovakia.info
http://slovakia-travelguide.info/