Explore Slovakia in Europe - Slovakia Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Slovakia with its capital Bratislava is located in Europe (Central Europe, south of Poland). It covers some 48,846 square kilometres (about twice the size of New Hampshire) with 5,455,000 citizens. Slovak and Hungarian are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Slovakia. Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria are bordering countries.

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About Slovakia

The terrain offers rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south. The average density of population is about 111 per km². The climate in can be described as temperate with cool summers, cold, cloudy, humid winters. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Slovakia dial +421 prior to a number. There are 1,022,000 installed telephones. And there are 5,498,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".sk". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 8 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Slovakia

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Namestie L. Stura 1
P. O. Box 35
974 05 Banska Bystrica 5
Slovakia

Phone: +421 88 413 61 46
Fax: +421 88 413 61 49

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Slovakia has 1 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Slovakia Unesco Heritage location overview.

Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve

Bardejov is a small but exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a fortified medieval town, which typifies the urbanisation in this region. Among other remarkable features, it also...

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make up a typical temperate-zone karstic system. Because they...

Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity

Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica was visited by many outstanding engineers and scientists who contributed to its fame. The old medieval mining centre grew into a town...

Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments

Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has...

Vlkolínec

Vlkolínec, situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement of 45 buildings with the traditional features of a central European village. It is the region’s most...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Slovakia

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Slovakia is growing at an rate of 0.13% (or by 7,002 citizens). Each year 1,586 people enter this country (or 0.30 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.1%. Or an total increase of 5,416 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.