Slovakia Country Info - Europe

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.

Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is surrounded by Austria to the west, Czech Republic to the northwest, Hungary to the south, Poland to the north and Ukraine to the east. The main reasons to visit Slovakia are its natural beauty, vivid history and great opportunities for relaxation (and due to the small size of the country, it is quite easy to combine all three). Slovakia has nine national parks, which cover a relatively big portion of the country and feature the tallest part of the Carpathian Mountain Range, the High Tatras, which offer great opportunities for mountain and winter sports as well as great vistaa.

Pictures from Capital (Bratislava)

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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 Slovakia 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 following list are the 8 regions/states in Slovakia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Slovak population grew at a rate of 0.13% (or by 7,002 citizens). With 52,296 deaths and 57,712 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.1%. 1,586 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of 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.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.