Slovak Republic
Slovenská RepublikaFacts and Figures
 Location
central Europe
Bordered By Austria, Czech Republic,
Poland, Ukraine, Hungary
Total Area 19,000 sq
mi (49,000 sq km)
Highest Point
Gerlachovsky Stit; 8,707 ft (2,654 m)
Lowest Point Bodrok River; 308 ft (94m)
Natural Resources
brown coal and lignite, iron ore, copper, manganese ore,
salt, arable land
Nationality Slovak
Population (July 2008 est) 5,455,407
Largest Cities Bratislava, Kosice
Ethnic Groups Slovak, Hungarian, Roma,
Ruthenian/Ukrainian
Religions Roman Catholic, Protestant,
Greek Catholic
Languages Slovak (official), Hungarian,
Roma, Ukrainian
Capital Bratislava
Form of Government parliamentary democracy
Current Constitution Adopted September
1998
Chief of State President Ivan Gasparovic (since
June 15, 2004)
Head of Government Prime Minister Robert Fico
(since July 4, 2006)
Cabinet appointed by the President on the
recommendation of the Prime Minister
Legislature unicameral National Council of the
Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky)
Judiciary Supreme Court; Constitutional Court;
Special Court
Local Administration 8 regions (kraje)
Currency Koruna
Per Capita Income $20,200
Principal Industries metal and metal
products, food and beverages, electricity, gas, coke,
oil, nuclear fuel, chemicals, manmade fibers, machinery,
paper, printing, earthenware and ceramics, transport
vehicles, textiles, electrical and optical apparatus,
rubber products
Agricultural Products grains, potatoes, sugar
beets, hops, fruit; pigs, cattle, poultry; forest
products
Export Commodities vehicles, machinery,
electrical equipment, base metals, chemicals, minerals,
plastics
Import Commodities machinery, transport
equipment, intermediate manufactured goods, fuels,
chemicals, miscellaneous manufactured goods
 Independence
Achieved January 1, 1993 (Czechoslovakia split
into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic)
National Holiday Constitution Day;
September 1 (1992)
Flag three equal horizontal bands
of white, blue, and red, superimposed with the coat of
arms of Slovakia
Austria
Czech
Republic
Hungary
Bratislava
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