Central Europe, south of Poland
Lowest point: Bodrok River
94 m
Highest point: Gerlachovsky
Stit 2,655 m
Capital: Bratislava
Religion: Roman Catholic 68.9%,
Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none
13%
Languages Spoken: Slovak (official)
83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6%
See also: Languages
spoken in Europe, Languages of
the world
Information & Brief History
In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely
related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War
II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern
Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once more
became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to separate peacefully on
1 January 1993. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.
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Slovak
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