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who is who● SLOVAKIA● Official country name: Slovak republic● Shortname: Slovakia● Olympic abbreviation: SVK● State system: Republic(parliamentary democracy)● Independence: 1st of Janury 1993(after division of The Czech and SlovakFederative Republic)● Area: 49 035 square kilometres(ranked 126th in the World)● Maximum lenght and width: 428 km(Záhorská Ves – Nová Sedlica),resp. 195 km (Štúrovo – Skalité)● The highest and the lowest point:2656 m (Gerlachocký štít),resp. 95 m (rieka Bodrog river)● Neighbouring countries: Hungary(697 km), Austria (127,2), Czech republic(265), Poland (597,5), Ukraine (98)● Population and its density: 5 379 455inhabitants (ranked 103rd in the World),107,5/sq.km● Capitol: Bratislava● Another important cities: Košice,Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov, Nitra,Poprad, Zvolen, Prievidza, Trnava, Trenčín,Martin● Official language: slovak language● Monetary unit: euro● President: Ivan Gašparovič● Prime minister: Iveta Radičová7slovak handball federation