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Slovakia

SK / SVK   48.7°, 19.7°

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice.

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People are called
Slovak
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+421
Capital
Bratislava
Population
5,409,407
Area
49,033 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Euro
Languages
Slovak 81.8%, Hungarian 8.5%, Roma 1.8%
Sells
cars, vehicle parts/accessories, video displays, broadcasting equipment
Sells to
Germany 20%, Czechia 10%, Hungary 7%
Land borders
5: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+421
Founded
1993
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Slovak

These are English demonyms for people from Slovakia. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Slovakia yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Slovakia in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Slovakofficial
81.8%
8.5%
1.8%

Largest cities

Bratislava  capital 475,000
Košice 229,000
Prešov 82,927
Žilina 80,000
Nitra 76,000

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Climate zone

Landmarks and landscapes

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Alexander Dubcek
Alexander Dubcek Leader of the Prague Spring Alexander Dubček was a Slovak statesman who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) from January 1968 to April 1969 and as Chairman of the Federal Assembly from 1989 to 1992...
Milan Rastislav Stefanik
Milan Rastislav Stefanik Co-founder of Czechoslovakia Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, currencies, past leaders.