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Title: Map of SlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is located in the very heart of Europe, covering 49,035 km2. It borders with the Czech Republic to the west (251 km), Poland to the north (547 km), Ukraine to the east (99 km), Hungary to the south (669 km) and Austria to the southwest (106 km). It is mostly mountainous with a mixture of continental and oceanic climates characterised by four distinct seasons. Bratislava is the capital …
In 1998 the population of the Slovak Republic was 5.39 million …The Slovaks accounted for 85.6%, Hungarians 10.5%, Gypsies 1.7%, Czechs, Moravians and Silesians for 1.1% and others from 0.4%. According to the 1991 census 60.4% of the population were Roman Catholic, 6.2% were Slovak Evangelic Lutherans and 3.4% Greek Catholic. Approximately 17% did not specify their religion.1

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