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Slovakia
Location marker · geographic overview
48.67° N / 19.5° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Population
- 5,422,069 2024
- Area
- 49,037 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Slovak
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovak: Slovensko) or the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika) is a country in Central Europe. The main reasons to visit Slovakia are its natural beauty, vivid history and great opportunities for relaxation (and due to the small size of the country, it is quite easy to combine all three).
Food & everyday culture
Slovak cuisine focuses mostly on simple and hearty recipes. Historically, what is now considered genuinely Slovak has been the traditional food in the northern villages where people lived off sheep grazing and limited agriculture - in the harsh conditions many crops don't grow, and herbs are more accessible than true spices. Therefore, the staple foods mostly involve (smoked) meat, cheese, potatoes and flour.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-02. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Central Europe
- Calling code
- +421
- Internet domain
- .sk
- Land border codes
- AUT, CZE, HUN, POL, UKR
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .sk. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.