SlovakiaSlovakia

By Delaney MurphyBy Delaney Murphy

LocationLocation

It’s capital is It’s capital is BratislavaBratislava Slovakia is located in Slovakia is located in Central EuropeCentral Europe

GeographyGeography• Landforms of Slovakia consist of… • Carpathian Mountains • Tatra mountains • Gerlachovský štít • Kriváň • The water forms are… • Danube • Váh • Hron • Tisa

Government

Slovakia is a Self-governing country The leaders are… Milan Ftáčnik, Štefan Bošnák, Jozef Dvonc Igor Choma Peter Gogola František Knapík The president is Ivan Gašparovič

People

Religion Slovakia guarantees freedom in choice of religion but the religion followed by 60.4%

(the most) of the people is roman catholic Foods Bryndzové halušky is the national dish of Slovakia Ethnic groups Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Romany (1.7%), Czech (0.8%), Rusyn,

Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and others (2%) Population

5,379,455 million people live in Slovakia languageThe official language of Slovakia is Slovak

Economy

The main industry of Slovakia is car manufacturing

The currency in Slovakia is a euro. A euro is worth 1.411 dollars in U.S. dollars.

historyhistory The The SlavsSlavs arrived in the territory of present day Slovakia in the 5th arrived in the territory of present day Slovakia in the 5th

and 6th centuries during the and 6th centuries during the migration periodmigration period. In the course of . In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to SamoSamo's Empire 's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs), (the first known political unit of Slavs), Principality of NitraPrincipality of Nitra (as (as independent polity, as part of Great Moravia and as part of independent polity, as part of Great Moravia and as part of Hungarian Kingdom), Hungarian Kingdom), Great MoraviaGreat Moravia, , Kingdom of HungaryKingdom of Hungary,,[8][8] the the Austro-Hungarian EmpireAustro-Hungarian Empire or Habsburg Empire, and or Habsburg Empire, and CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia. A separate . A separate Slovak stateSlovak state briefly existed during World War II, during briefly existed during World War II, during which Slovakia was a dependency of which Slovakia was a dependency of Nazi GermanyNazi Germany between 1939– between 1939–1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of 1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an independent stateindependent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.of Czechoslovakia.

HockeyHockey

In terms of sport, the Slovaks are In terms of sport, the Slovaks are probably best known (in North probably best known (in North America) for their hockey stars, America) for their hockey stars, especially Stan Makita, Peter especially Stan Makita, Peter Šťastný, Peter Bondra, Žigmund Šťastný, Peter Bondra, Žigmund Pálffy and Marián Hossa. Pálffy and Marián Hossa.

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