Slovakia

Official name: Slovak Republic

Flag of Slovakia
Capital of Slovakia: Bratislava
Area of Slovakia: 49,037 km² (18,933 mi²) (129th)
Population of Slovakia: 5,506,760 (120th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Central Europe
Languages of Slovakia: Slovak (official) 81.77%, Hungarian 8.48%, Roma 1.84%, Rusyn 0.71%, other or unspecified 7.2% (2021 census)
Religions of Slovakia: Roman Catholic 55.8%, Greek Catholic 4%, Protestantism and other Christian 9%no religion 23.8%, other 0.9%, unspecified 6.5% (2021 est.)
Ethnic groups of Slovakia: Slovak 83.8%, Hungarian 7.8%, Roma 1.2%, other 1.8% (includes Czech, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Poles), unspecified 5.4% (2021 est.)
Currency: Euro () (EUR)
Time zone: UTC+1 (CETCentral European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in several African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Stockholm Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST).), Summer (DSTDaylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in North American English, hence the mnemonic: 'spring forward and fall back').) UTC+2 (CESTCentral European Summer Time, sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia.)
Calling code: (+421)
Organizations: United Nations, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Border countries (5): Austria 105 km, Czech Republic 241 km, Hungary 627 km, Poland 517 km, Ukraine 97 km.
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Administrative divisions of Slovakia
Slovakia Map

8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj):
Banska Bystrica, Bratislava, Kosice, Nitra, Presov, Trencin, Trnava, Zilina.

Natural resources: Lignite, small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; arable land.