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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Slovakia
| What is the capital city of Slovakia? | Slovakia
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Bratislava. The second lagest city is Kosice.
| How many countries border Slovakia? | Slovakia
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5. The Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Ukraine and Poland border on Slovakia. The longest border is with Hungary - 679km.
| How would you say Slovakia in Slovak? | Slovakia
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Slovensko. You can also say Slovenska Republika for Slovak Republic.
| About how many inhabitants did Slovakia have when it gained its independence in 1993? | Slovakia
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5-6 million. In addition to Slovaks, there Hungarians, Czechs, Gypsies, Poles and Ukranians.
| Slovakia was a federative state with another country till 1993. Which one? | Slovakia
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Czech Republic. We were together from 1918-39 and again from the end of WW2. Slovenia is a country totally different from Slovakia, but a lot of people from other countries get the names confused ...
| What is the name of the national currency in Slovakia? | Slovakia
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Slovenska Koruna. When we were together with the Czechs we had the same currency Koruna Ceskoslovenska. After we split, they have their own koruna and we have ours.
| What is the name of the highest peak in Slovakia? | Slovakia
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Gerlachovsky Stit. The other three names are of villages in High Tatras. Gerlachovsky Stit (or Gerlachovsky Peak) is 2655m high.
| What is the name of the largest national park in Slovakia? | Slovakia
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NP Nizke Tatry. NP Nizke Tatry is 81 095 ha large, NP Vysoke Tatry with 76 763 ha is the second. Vihorlat is not a National park.
| What is the longest river that flows wholly in Slovakia? | Slovakia
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Vah. Danube is the largest river but only a part of its length (less than 100km) flows through Slovakia. Vah is more than 470km long.
| Which religion are most of the people in Slovakia (60%)? | Slovakia
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Roman Catholic. There is no such denomination as 'Slovak Catholic'. About 3.4% of the population is Greek Catholic (Uniate) and less than 1% Jewish.
| How many sq. kilometers does Slovakia have? | Slovakia
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around 50 000. To be exact: 49 035 sq. km.
| How often are parliamentary elections held in Slovakia? | Slovakia
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every 4 years. There are 150 representatives in Slovak Parliament. It is called Slovenska Narodna Rada (Slovak National Council).
| In year 2002 some Slovak sportsmen won the world championship. What sport is it? | Slovakia
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ice hockey. Sure it is ice hockey. Everyone here was so glad and we celebrated for a week! A lot of books and CD´s and other stuff is sold in Slovakia about this event.
Slovensko. We say "Slovensko" or sometimes "Slovenska Republika".
Nad Tatrou sa blýska (Lightning over the Tatras). The text was written by Janko Matúška in 1844, but the melody was taken from the folk song Kopala studienku (She was digging a little well). It became popular during the Slovak Volunteer campaigns of 1848/1849.
| In southern Slovakia a lot of people speak another language in addition to Slovakian. Which language? | All About Slovakia
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Hungarian. That's because it's near the border between Slovakia and Hungary. Slovakia borders with five states: Czech Republic, Austria, Ukraine, Poland and Hungary. The longest borderline is Hungarian and the shortest is with Ukraine.
Poland. The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra (Tatry in both Slovak and Polish), constitute a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland.
2,655 metres. The highest point is named Gerlach Peak. It's a part of the Sierra Tatry. You can find it in the town named Poprad (in northern Slovakia).
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