AREA ................................................
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48.845
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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5.423.567 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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111,0 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Bratislava
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6%
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Euro (EUR)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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14623 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,599 (42th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Bodrok River 94 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Gerlachovsky Stit 2655 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.sk
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+421
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