Basic Information
• Official name: Slovak Republic
• Date of the republic's establishment: 1.1.1993

State symbols

       State flag            State symbol             State seal                State anthem

• State organisation: republic
• Political system: parliamentary democracy
• Constitutional system: constitutional and legislative power (National Council of the SR), executive power (president of the SR a government of the SR), judiciary power (constitutional court a courts)

Territorial division
8 Higher-Tier Territorial Units
8 regions

Bratislava
Trnava
Nitra
Trencín
Žilina
Banská Bystrica
Prešov
Košice

79 districts
• Regional capitals: Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trencín, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov, Košice
• Official language: Slovak
• Capital city: Bratislava (population 428 672)
• Neighbouring countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria
• Area: 49 035 km2
• Population: 5 379 455 (51.4% women)
• Population density: 109/km2
• Ethnicity of the population: Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Romany (1.7%), Czech (0.8%), Rusyn, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and others (2%)
• Population by religion: believers (84.1%) of which:
Roman Catholic (68.9%), Evangelical (6.9%), Greek Catholic (4.1%), Reform Christian (2%), undetermined (2.2%), atheist (13.7%)
• Main political parties represented in the National Council: Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Smer, Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK/MK), New Citizen's Alliance (ANO), Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS)

       

Doc. JUDr.Ivan Gašparovič, CSc., Dr.h.c. , prezident of the republic
• Prime Minister: Ing. Mikuláš Dzurinda
• Currency: Slovak crown, 1 Sk = 100 haliers
• Membership of international organisations: EU, NATO UN, UNESCO, OECD, OBSE, CERN, WHO, INTERPOL etc.