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Slovakia (long form: Slovak Republic; Slovak: Slovensko , long form
Slovenská republika ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe with a
population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square
kilometres (almost 19,000 square miles). The Slovak Republic borders the
Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the
east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava.
Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, OECD, WTO, and other
international organizations.
The Slavic people arrived in the territory of present day Slovakia between
the 5th and 6th century AD during the Migration Period (Migration of
Nations). Various parts of Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire, the first
known political unit of Slavs, Great Moravia, the Kingdom of Hungary,
Habsburg (Austrian) monarchy, Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia throughout
history. Slovakia became independent on 1 January 1993, with the peaceful
division of Czechoslovakia in the Velvet Divorce.
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