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Wines of Slovakia
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| Slovakia Fact Info |
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| Surface area |
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Land surface area covers 49,035 square kilometres. |
| Population |
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Population count stands at 5,379,455. The majority of the population 85,8 % if of Slovak nationality with the remaining 14,2 % being divided mostly between Hungarian, Roma, Rusins, Ukrainians and other minority representatives. |
| Capital |
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The capital is Bratislava with a population of 430 000. |
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Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Nitra, Banská Bystrica, Trnava |
| Official Language |
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Slovak, a western Slavic language |
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| Government |
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Parliamentary republic |
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| Currency |
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Euro |
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| Lenght of border |
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1,672 kilometres |
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| Highest Mountain peak |
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Gerlachovský štít 2,655 metres (8,710.6 ft) |
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| Rivers |
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Danube 172 kilometres is the main waterway, longest inland river is Váh |
| Geography |
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Slovakia is located in the eastern part of Central Europe. It borders Poland in the north, Ukraine in the east, Hungary in the south, Austria in the south-west and Czech Republic in the north-west. |
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Climate in Slovakia is continental with relatively warm summers and cold, cloudy and humid winters.
Although Slovakia is not a large country, the weather can be quite different in the montainous North and in the plain South.
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