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          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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