Place:Slovakia

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NameSlovakia
Alt namesEslovaquiasource: UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 80
Slovak Republicsource: Czechoslovakia, Los Angeles Times (1992)
Slovak Socialist Republicsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XVI, 905 ff., & III, 836-837
Slovaquiesource: UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 80
Slovenskosource: Wikipedia
Slovenská Republikasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Slovenská Socialistická Republikasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-197
Slowakeisource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 320
Slowakijesource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 700
TypeNation
Coordinates48.667°N 19.5°E
Contained Places
Unknown
Kuklov
Region
Banská Bystrica ( 1996 - )
Bratislava ( 1996 - )
Košice ( 1996 - )
Nitra ( 1996 - )
Prešov ( 1996 - )
Trenčín ( 1996 - )
Trnava ( 1996 - )
Žilina ( 1996 - )
Unknown
Borský Mikuláš
Veľké Orvište
Čáry
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia or ; Slovak: , long form ) is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is the capital, Bratislava, and the second largest is Košice. Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, United Nations, OECD and WTO among others. The official language is Slovak, a member of the Slavic language family.

The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries during the migration period. In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs), Principality of Nitra (as independent polity, as part of Great Moravia and as part of Hungarian Kingdom), Great Moravia, Kingdom of Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Habsburg Empire, and Czechoslovakia. A separate Slovak state briefly existed during World War II, during which Slovakia was a dependency of Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with one of the fastest growth rates in the European Union and the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia together with Slovenia and Estonia are the only former Communist nations to be part of the European Union, Eurozone, Schengen Area and NATO simultaneously.

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Slovakia was formed in 1993 following the split of Czechoslovakia. It is divided into regions. The standard at WeRelate is to title Slovakia place pages according to their pre-split region when it is known, with also-located-in links to the post-split region.

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