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Slovakia
Basic Information
Official name: Slovak Republic
Date of the republic's establishment: 1.1.1993
State symbols:
State organisation: republic
Political system: parliamentary democracy
Constitutional system:
- constitutional and legislative power (National Council of the SR)
- executive power (president of the SR a government of the SR)
- judiciary power (constitutional court a courts)
8 Higher-Tier Territorial Units
8 regions
- Bratislava
- Trnava
- Nitra
- Trenčín
- Žilina
- Banská Bystrica
- Prešov
- Košice
Regional capitals: Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov, Košice
Official language: Slovak
Capital city: Bratislava (population 428 672)
Neighbouring countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria
Area: 49 035 km2
Population: 5 379 455 (51.4% women)
Population density: 109/km2
Ethnicity of the population: Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Romany (1.7%), Czech (0.8%), Rusyn, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and others (2%)
Population by religion: believers (84.1%) of which:
Roman Catholic (68.9%), Evangelical (6.9%), Greek Catholic (4.1%), Reform Christian (2%), undetermined (2.2%), atheist (13.7%)
President of the republic: Doc. JUDr. Ivan Gašparovič, CSc., Dr.h.c.
Prime Minister: Prof. PhDr. Iveta Radičová, PhD.
Currency: Euro, 1 € = 100 cents
Membership of international organisations: EU, NATO UN, UNESCO, OECD, OBSE, CERN, WHO, INTERPOL etc.
