Coordinates :48°40′N 19°30′E / 48.667°N 19.500°E /48.667; 19.500
Territorial organization Slovakie (Slovak :Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] (listen ) ), offeecially theSlovak Republic (Slovak:Slovenská republika ,listen (help info [ 6] laundlocked kintra inCentral Europe .[ 7] [ 8] Poland tae the north,Ukraine tae the east, theCzech Republic tae the wast,Hungary tae the sooth, anAustrick tae the soothwast. Slovakie's territory spans aboot 49,000 square kilometre (19,000 sq mi) an is maistly mountainous. The population is ower 5.4 million an consists maistly oSlovaks . The caipital an lairgest ceety isBratislava , seicont lairgest ceety isKošice . Theoffeecial leid isSlovak .
TheSlavs arrived in the territory o present-day Slovakie in the 5t an 6t centuries. In the 7t century, they played a signeeficant role in the creation oSamo's Empire an in the 9t century established thePrincipality o Nitra . In the 10t century, the territory wis integratit intae theKinrick o Hungary .[ 9] Warld War I an the dissolution o theAustro-Hungarian Empire , the Slovaks an Czechs establishedCzechoslovakie (1918–1939). A separate (First)Slovak Republic (1939–1945) exeestit inWarld War II as aclient state oNazi Germany . In 1945, Czechoslovakie wis re-established an unnerCommunist rule becam aSoviet satellite . In 1989, theVelvet Revolution endit Communist rule in Czechoslovakie. Slovakie becam an independent state on 1 Januar 1993 efter the peacefudissolution o Czechoslovakie , whiles kent as theVelvet Divorce .
Slovakie is aheich-income advanced economy [ 10] [ 11] Human Development Index ,[ 12] [ 13] staundart o leevin an performs favourably in measurements oceevil leeberties ,press freedom ,internet freedom ,democratic govrenance anpeacefuness . The kintra mainteens a combination omercat economy wi a comprehensivesocial siccarity seestem. Ceetizens o Slovakie are providit wiuniversal heal care ,free eddication an ane o the langest paidmaternity leave in theOECD .[ 14] European Union in 2004 an theEurozone on 1 Januar 2009.[ 15] Schengen Aurie ,NATO , theUnitit Naitions , theOECD , theWTO ,CERN , theOSCE , theCooncil o Europe an theVisegrád Group . Awtho regional income inequality is heich,90% o ceetizens awn thair hames . In 2018, Slovak ceetizens haed visa-free or visa-on-arrival access tae 167 kintras an territories, rankingthe Slovak passport 12t in the warld.[ 16] [ 17] 7t lairgest caur producer in theEuropean Union . The caur industrie represents 43% o Slovakie's industrial ootput, an a quarter o its exports.
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