Slovak Republic: Facts
and Figures Local Name: Slovenská
Republika. Total Area: 19,000 sq mi. Population:
5,455,407. Capital: Bratislava.
Bratislava
is the largest city in Slovakia, as well as the
nation's capital. The only
national capital to actually border two
countries, the capitals of both Austria and
Hungary lie less than a half-hour away from the
city center.