Country: The Slovak Republic ( SVK )
Area: 49 030 sq.km
Maximum length: 428 km (Záhorská Ves - Nová Sedlica)
Maximum width: 195 km (Štúrovo - Skalité)
Elevation above sea level: 95 m (Bodrog) - 2656 m (Gerlach)
Population: 5 268 935
Population density: 107.5/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%), Evangelic A.c. (6.2%), Reformist
(1.6%), Orthodox (0.6%), Without any confession (9.7%), No data (18.2%)
Capital: Bratislava (441 453)
President: Doc. JUDr.Ivan
Gašparovič, CSc., Dr.h.c.
Prime minister: Mikuláš Dzurinda
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Independence: January 1, 1993, from Czecho-Slovakia
Constitution: January 1, 1993
Currency: Slovak crown (SKK)
Area code: 421
Bordering countries: The Czech republic, Poland, The Ukraine, Hungary, Austria