Location:
Central Europe, south of Poland

Geographic coordinates:
48 40 N, 19 30 E

Area:
total: 48,845 sq km
land: 48,800 sq km
water: 45 sq km

Area - comparative:
about twice the size of New Hampshire

Climate:
temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Terrain:
rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south

Population:
5,447,502 (July 2007 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Slovak(s)
adjective: Slovak

Religions:
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)

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

Capital:
name: Bratislava
geographic coordinates: 48 09 N, 17 07 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October