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Slovakia
Slovak Republic
Slovenská Republika
Political Status: Slovak Republic proclaimed upon separation of the constituent components of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (see article on Czech Republic) on January 1, 1993.
Area: 18,933 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km.).
Population: 5,379,780 (2001C); 5,376,000 (2004E).
Major Urban Centers (1999E): BRATISLAVA (452,000), Košice (244,000), Prešov (95,000).
Official Language: Slovak.
Monetary Unit: Koruna (official rate July 1, 2005: 31.70 koruny = $1US). (Following Slovakia's accession to the European Union in 2004, the Slovakian government announced it hoped that the euro could be adopted as the national currency by 2009.)
President: Ivan GAŠPAROVIČ (People's Union-Movement for Democracy); popularly elected in runoff balloting on April 17, 2004, and inaugurated on June 15 for a five-year term, succeeding Rudolf SCHUSTER (Party of Civic Understanding).
Prime Minister: (Mikuláš DZURINDA (Slovak Democratic and ...