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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Slovakia 
 Main prefix
 OM 
 Time zone
 +1 h 
 Continent
 Europe 
 
          Slovakia          
 
 Slovakia 

 Slovakia - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Slovakia          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red superimposed with the Slovak cross in a shield centered on the hoist side; the cross is white centered on a background of red and blue.
 
          Slovakia          
 
 Slovakia 
 Capital: 
Bratislava
 Administrative
 divisions: 
8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj): Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, and Zilinsky.
 Population: 
5,422,366 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Slovak (official), Hungarian
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
48° 40' N, 19° 30' E
 Area total: 
48,845 sq. km
 Land area: 
48,800 sq. km
 Water area: 
45 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
1,524 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 677 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 97 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Bodrok River 94 m - Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.sk
 Currency: 
Euro (EUR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Slovak Republic
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Slovakia
 Name - local
 long form: 
Slovenska Republika
 Name - local
 short form: 
Slovensko
 Independence: 
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
 Constitution: 
ratified 1 September 1992, fully effective 1 January 1993, changed in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president, amended February 2001 to allow Slovakia to apply for NATO and EU membership
 Government
 type: 
parliamentary democracy
 National
 holiday: 
Constitution Day, 1 September (1992)
 
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