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Slovakia

Slovakia. By Delaney Murphy. Location. It’s capital is Bratislava Slovakia is located in Central Europe. Geography. Landforms of Slovakia consist of… Carpathian Mountains Tatra mountains Gerlachovský štít Kriváň The water forms are… Danube Váh Hron Tisa. Government.

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Slovakia

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  1. Slovakia By Delaney Murphy

  2. Location • It’s capital is Bratislava • Slovakia is located in Central Europe

  3. Geography • Landforms of Slovakia consist of… • Carpathian Mountains • Tatra mountains • Gerlachovský štít • Kriváň • The water forms are… • Danube • Váh • Hron • Tisa

  4. Government • Slovakia is a Self-governing country • The leaders are… • Milan Ftáčnik, • Štefan Bošnák, • Jozef Dvonc • Igor Choma • Peter Gogola • František Knapík • The president is Ivan Gašparovič

  5. People • Religion • Slovakia guarantees freedom in choice of religion but the religion followed by 60.4% (the most) of the people is roman catholic • Foods • Bryndzové halušky is the national dish of Slovakia • Ethnic groups • Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Romany (1.7%), Czech (0.8%), Rusyn, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and others (2%)Population 5,379,455 million people live in Slovakia language The official language of Slovakia is Slovak

  6. Economy • The main industry of Slovakia is car manufacturing • The currency in Slovakia is a euro. A euro is worth 1.411 dollars in U.S. dollars.

  7. history • The Slavs arrived in the territory of present day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries during the migration period. In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs), Principality of Nitra (as independent polity, as part of Great Moravia and as part of Hungarian Kingdom), Great Moravia, Kingdom of Hungary,[8] the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Habsburg Empire, and Czechoslovakia. A separate Slovak state briefly existed during World War II, during which Slovakia was a dependency of Nazi Germany between 1939–1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

  8. Hockey • In terms of sport, the Slovaks are probably best known (in North America) for their hockey stars, especially Stan Makita, Peter Šťastný, Peter Bondra, Žigmund Pálffy and Marián Hossa.

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