Slovakia

Slovak Republic Slovenská republika
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Nad Tatrou sa blýska "Lightning Over the Tatras"
Location of  Slovakia  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Bratislava
Official languages	Slovak
Recognized languages	Hungarian Czech Romani German
Ethnic groups (2001)	85.8% Slovaks, 9.7% Hungarians, 1.7% Roma, 2.8% others and unspecified[1]
Demonym(s)	Slovak
Government	Parliamentary republic
• President	Peter Pellegrini
• Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Independence
• from Austria–Hungary as Czechoslovakia	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)
• Summer (DST)	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.

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.

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference gov-stats was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ Statistics Slovakia Archived 2011-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30-06-2011.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "Slovakia". International Monetary Fund.
4. ↑ "Human Development Report 2010" (PDF). United Nations. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
5. ↑ "Slovakia". The World Factbook. CIA. 2007. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2008.