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Total area: 49,035 square kilometres
Population: 5 379 455 (2001)
Highest point: Gerlachovsky stit, 2665 m above sea level
Lowest point: Bodrog river, 95 m above the sea level
Capital: Bratislava
Slovak currency: Slovak crown (Slovenska koruna) = cca 1/40 EURO
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Holidays: 1.1., 6.1, Eastern, 1.5., 5.7., 29.8., 1.9., 15.9., 1.11., 17.11, 24.-26.12
Country telephone code: +421
Emergency phone numbers: Police (158), Ambulance (155), Fire (150)
Voltage: 220 V/50 Hz, standard "europlug"
Official language: Slovak language
Age structure: 0-14 years (18,9%), 15-64 years (63,1%)
Sex ratio: 0.95 male/female (at birth 1.05 male/female)
Nationalities: Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Romany (1.7%), Czech (0.8%)
Religion: Roman Catholic (69%), Protestants (9%), Greek Catholic (4%)
Bordering countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary
Goverment type: parlament democracy
President: Ivan Gašparovič (since 15.6.2004)
Head of Goverment: prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda (since 30.10.2002)
Administrative division: 8 regions
Unemployment rate: 15.0 % (2003 est.)
Inflation rate: 8.6% (2003 est.)
GDP: 3.9% (2003 est.)
Official national anthem: Lightening over the Tatras :-)
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