About Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It was formed on 1 January 1993 by the division of Czechoslovakia. The constitution of the Slovak Republic was signed on 3 September 1992 in the Knights' Hall of Bratislava Castle. Slovakia borders the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Ukraine and Poland. Since 1 May 2004, Slovakia has been a member of the European Union, since 21 December 2007 a member of the Schengen Area, and since 1 January 2009 a member of the Eurozone.
Basic information
Name of the country in Slovak | Slovenská republika (long form), Slovensko (short form) |
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Capital city | Bratislava |
Largest city | Bratislava (by population) |
Official language | Slovak |
Form of government | Republic |
Political system | Parliamentary democracy |
Date of establishment of Republic | 1 January 1993 |
Area | 49 035 km2 |
Population | 5,429,763 (as of 30 June 2010) |
Population density | 109/km2 |
Ethnic structure of population | Slovak (85.8 %), Hungarian (9.7 %), Romany (1.7 %), Czech (0.8 %), Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and other nationalities (2 %) |
Religion | Roman Catholic (68.9 %), Protestant (6.9 %), Greek Catholic (4.1 %), Reformed Christian (2 %), smaller churches (1.95%), unregistered churches (0.14%), without affiliation (13.0%), not identified (3%) |
Currency | euro (€, EUR), until 31 December 2008 the Slovak koruna (Sk, SKK) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
Summer time | CEST (UTC+2) |
International code | SVK / SK |
International license plate | SK |
Internet domain | .sk, .eu (shared with other EU members) |
Dialling code | 421 |
Membership in international organisations | EU, NATO, UN, UNESCO, OECD, OSCE, CERN, WHO, INTERPOL, etc. |
National symbols
National anthem
Nad Tatrou sa blýska
Translations of the Slovak national anthem to other languages can be found on Wikipedia, in the different language versions of the article //Nad Tatrou sa blýska//).
Musical notation and audio files (sung and instrumental versions) can be found here.
Administrative divisions
Eight regions that are also larger territorial units:
- Bratislava region
- Trnava region
- Nitra region
- Trenčín region
- Žilina region
- Banská Bystrica region
- Prešov region
- Košice region
- 79 districts
- 138 cities
- 2933 villages.
Source: http://sk.wikipedia.org, http://www.government.gov.sk.