Official name: the Slovak Republic
Date of establishment: 1 January 1993
Form of government: republic
Political system: parliamentary democracy
Constitutional system: constitutional and legislative power (the National Council of the Slovak Republic), executive power (the President of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Slovak Republic), judicial power (constitutional court and courts)
Administrative organisation: 8 higher territorial units, 8 regions, 79 districts, 138 cities and towns, 2,883 villages
Regional capitals: Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Tren¨­n, ?ilina, Banskˇ Bystrica, Pre?ov, Ko?ice
Official language: Slovak
Capital: Bratislava (428,672 inhabitants)
Neighbouring countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria
Area: 49,035 sq. km
Population: 5,379,455 (out of them 51.4 % of women)
Density of population: 109 sq. km
Large cities and towns: Ko?ice (240,915), Pre?ov (92,687), Nitra (87,357), ?ilina (86,685) Banskˇ Bystrica (84,919), Trnava (70,191), Martin (60,772), Tren¨­n (58,872), Poprad (55,037), Prievidza (54,405), Zvolen (44,328).
Ethnic mix of the population: Slovaks (85.8 %), Hungarians (9.7 %), Roma (1.7 %), Czechs (0.8 %), Ruthenians, Ukrainians, Russians, Germans, Poles and others (2 %)
Population and their denominations: believers (84.1 %) out of them:
Roman Catholic Church (68.9 %), Evangelic Church of Augsburg Confession (6.9 %), Greek Catholic Church (4.1 %), Reformed Christian Church (2 %), unknown (2.2 %), without religious affiliation (13.7 %)
Main political parties in the National Council: Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKš), Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Direction (Smer), Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK), New Citizen's Alliance (ANO), Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS)
President of the Republic: Ivan Ga?parovi¨
Speaker of Parliament: Pavol Hru?ovskí
Prime Minister: Mikulˇ? Dzurinda
Currency: Slovak crown (koruna), 1 SKK = 100 hellers (halier)
Membership in international organisations: EU, NATO, OSN, OECD, OSCE, WHO, INTEPOL etc.

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