three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue and red superimposed with the coat of arms of Slovakia (consisting of a red shield bordered in white and bearing a white Cross of Lorraine surmounting three blue hills); the coat of arms is centered vertically and offset slightly to the hoist side

Slovak Republic

Slovakia

Slovenska Republika (long)
Slovensko (short)

Slovak(s) (noun) Slovensko (adjective)

Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)

Bratislava

parliamentary democracy

5,455,407 ranked 113, (data 2008)

most of the country is rugged and mountainous; the Tatra Mountains in the north are interspersed with many scenic lakes and valleys. The lowest point is Bodrok River 94 m.

Coastline 0 km.

1,474km, Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 197 km, Hungary 676 km, Poland 420 km, Ukraine 90 km.

8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj); Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky

1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)