Slovakia

Slovak Republic Slovenská republika (Slovak)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "Nad Tatrou sa blýska" (English: "Lightning Over the Tatras")
National seal
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Capital and largest city	Bratislava 48°09′N17°07′E / 48.150°N 17.117°E / 48.150; 17.117
Official languages	Slovak
Ethnic groups (2011)^[1]	80.7% Slovaks 8.5% Hungarians 2.0% Romani 1.6% Others 7.2% Unspecified
Religion (2011)^[2]	75.0% Christianity —65.8% Catholicism —7.7% Protestantism —1.5% Other Christian 13.4% No religion 1.0% Others 10.6% Unspecified
Demonym(s)	Slovak
Government	Unitary parliamentaryconstitutional republic

• President	Zuzana Čaputová
• Prime Minister	Eduard Heger
• National Council Chairman	Boris Kollár

Legislature	National Council
Independence history

• Part of the Czechoslovak Republic	28 October 1918
• Slovak Socialist Republic in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic	1 January 1969
• Slovak Republic in the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic	23 April 1990
• Independent Slovak Republic	1 January 1993

Area
• Total	49,035 km² (18,933 sq mi) (127th)
• Water (%)	0.72 (as of 2015)^[3]
Population
• 2020 estimate	5,464,060^[4] (119th)
• 2011 census	5,397,036
• Density	111/km² (287.5/sq mi) (88th)
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	$190.277 billion^[5] (70th)
• Per capita	$34,815^[5] (41th)
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$117.664 billion^[5] (59st)
• Per capita	$21,529^[5] (40th)
Gini (2019)	22.8^[6] low
HDI (2019)	0.860^[7] very high · 39th
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+421
ISO 3166 code	SK
Internet TLD	.sk and .eu

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