Population

Climate

National Symbols

5.367 790 inhabitants (31.12.1995)
85.5 per cent of the total are Slovaks, the rest consisting of Hungarian, Czech, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, German, Polish and Romany national minorities. The most numerous one is the Hungarian minority - 10.6 %

 

The territory of Slovakia is situated in mild climatic belt with regular alternation of the seasons of the yer. The average temperature is 3,7° to 10° C. The warmest and driest areas are in the South Slovakian and East Slovakian Plains. The coldest month is January with night temperatures of -10° to 15° C, the hottest month is Julz with a daily maximum temperature of approximately 32° C. In winter there are often big temperature differences when the temperatures are lower in mountain valeys and higher on the surrounding hills. The alpine region has snow for 130 days.

The national symbols of the Slovak Republic are the national emblem, the netional flag, the netional seal and the national anthen.




 

State system

The Capital

The national emblem

Parliamentary democracy with a one-hous, 150 memberr Parliament (the Slovak National Council). At the head of the country is the President who is elected by the Parliament, the supreme executive body is the Government of the Slovak Republic.
 

Bratislava (452,053 inhabitans, 31.12.1995), residence of the Slovak President, seat of national, political, economic, social and scientific bodies and indtitutions. It is situated at the foot of the Small Carpathians, at the confluence of the Danube and the Morava, on the borders with Austria (2 km) and Hungary (13 km).


 

of the Slovak Republic has a red, early Gothic shield with a silver double cross mounted on the central peak of the blue three hill group.



 

Currency

Connection to the closest cities

The national flag

Slovak crown (SKK) = 100 hellers
Banknotes are in 5,000, 1,000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 20 denominations.
Coins are in 10, 5, 2, 1 SKK denominations and 50, 20 and 10 hellers denominations.
 

Vienna - 60 km, cars, coaches, raiways, ferries
Prague - 320 km, cars, coaches, railways, planes
Budapest - 205 km, cars, coaches, raiways, planes, ferries


 

of the Slovak Republic is composed of three horizontal stripes - white, blue and red }with white at the top, followed by blue and red). In the front section of the national flag is the national emblem of the SR.
 

The official language

Religion

The national seal

Slovak






 

Roman - Catholic 60.4 per cent,
Evangelical Church of the Ausburg Creed - 6.2 per cent
Greek - Orthodox - 3.4 per cent
Calvinist - 1.6 per cent
Russian Orthodox 0.7 per cent
There is also a Jewish Religious Community in Slovakia.
On the whole, there are 15 Churches and religious communities, 29 women`s and 19 men`s religious orders.

of the Slovak Republic has the national emblem surrounded by the inscription The Slovak Republic.



 

The national anthem

of the Slovak Republic consist of the first two parts of the hymnic song Thunder Above the Tatra.