User:RobSteff/Slovakia
| Slovenská republika | |
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| Flag | Coat of Arms |
| Capital | Bratislava |
| Government | Parliamentary republic |
| Language | Slovak (official) |
| President | Zuzana Čaputová |
| Prime minister | Peter Pellegrini |
| Area | 18,932 sq mi |
| Population 2016 | 5,445,802 |
| GDP 2019 est- | $109.863 billion |
| GDP per capita | $37,021 |
| Currency | Euro |
| Internet top-level domain | .sk |
Slovakia[1], officially the Slovak Republic[2] is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czechia to the northwest. Slovakia is a name of an independent state established in 1993 as well as a name of the territory historically occupied by Slovaks, which is slightly smaller than the territory of present-day Slovakia.
Slovak Republic gained independence in 1993, after the Velvet Divorce, in which Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its capital and the largest city is Bratislava, the second-largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak. It has been a member state of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since 2004. By 2018, Slovakia's economy was performing very well, with low taxes and high productivity.[3]
People
Ethnicity
| Census data[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | 2011 | 2001 | 1991 | |||
| total | % | total | % | total | % | |
| Slovaks | 4,352,775 | 80.7 | 4,614,854 | 85.8 | 4,519,328 | 85.7 |
| Hungarians | 458,467 | 8.5 | 520,528 | 9.7 | 567,296 | 10.8 |
| Roma | 105,738 | 2.0 | 89,920 | 1.7 | 75,802 | 1.4 |
| Czechs | 30,367 | 0.6 | 44,620 | 0.8 | 52,884 | 1.0 |
| Rusyns | 33,482 | 0.6 | 24,201 | 0.4 | 17,197 | 0.3 |
| Ukrainians | 7,430 | 0.1 | 10,814 | 0.2 | 13,281 | 0.3 |
| Germans | 4,690 | 0.1 | 5,405 | 0.1 | 5,414 | 0.1 |
| Polish | 3,084 | 0.1 | 2,602 | 0.0 | 2,659 | 0.1 |
| Croatians | 1,022 | 0.0 | 890 | 0.0 | no data | no data |
| Serbians | 698 | 0.0 | 434 | 0.0 | no data | no data |
| Russians | 1,997 | 0.0 | 1,590 | 0.0 | 1,389 | 0.0 |
| Jewish | 631 | 0.0 | 218 | 0.0 | 134 | 0.0 |
| Moravians | 3,286 | 0.1 | 2,348 | 0.0 | 6,037 | 0.1 |
| Bulgarians | 1,051 | 0.0 | 1,179 | 0.0 | 1,400 | 0.0 |
| Other | 9,825 | 0.2 | 5,350 | 0.1 | 2,732 | 0.1 |
| Unknown | 382,493 | 7,0 | 54,502 | 1.0 | 8,782 | 0.2 |
References
- ↑ In Slovak: Slovensko
- ↑ in Slovak: Slovak: Slovenská republika, abbreviation: SR
- ↑ Williams, Thomas D. (June 21, 2018). With Low Taxes and High Productivity, Slovakia Sets Pace for Europe. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
- ↑ Obyvateľstvo SR podľa národnosti - sčítanie 2011, 2001, 1991 [Population of the Slovak Republic according to ethnicity - 2011, 2001, and 1991 census] [PDF online]. Bratislava : Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, 2012-06-21 (retrieved 2019-08-18)