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Slovak Republic is the official name, but the geographical centre of Europe is mostly known just as Slovakia (Slovensko in Slovak language). The republic was established on 1st of January 1993 after splitting Czechoslovakia into two countries - Czech Republic and Slovak Republic (which adopted new state symbols). Since then, the political system of both states is parliamentary democracy and the first day of the year became a national holiday.

In the meantime, Slovakia is member of many international organizations including European Union, NATO, OECD, WTO, UNESCO, INTERPOL and others. On 1st of January 2009, 5 years after joining EU, Slovakia adopted Euro as its official currency.

Slovakia is landlocked country and fully enclosed by 5 neighbours: on the west by the Czech Republic (Prague) and Austria (Vienna), on the north by Poland (Warsaw, Krakow), on the east by Ukraine (Kiev) and by Hungary (Budapest) on the south. The territory of 49.000 square kilometres is divided into 8 regions, so-called Higher-Tier Territorial Units (Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov, Košice) and 79 districts.

Slovakia's Location on Map

Slovakia has a population of 5.4 million, where Bratislava with 430.000 citizens is the largest city and the capital at the same time. Ethnicity is mainly Slovak (86%), then Hungarian (10%), Romany (2%) and Czech (1%). Rusyn, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and others have less than 2% alltogether. 84% of the population are believers, of which 69% belong to Roman Catholic church. Other religions have only small percentages.

With numerous medieval Gothic and Baroque towns, 9 national parks, plenty of caves, well preserved folk traditions, and probably the highest number of castles and chateaus per capita in the world, there is something for every traveller to enjoy in Slovakia. Hopefully, Slovak-Republic.org will guide you through the most of these beauties.