The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia /sloʊˈvɑːkiə/ (help·info); Slovak: Slovensko (help·info), long form Slovenská republika (help·info)) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). Slovakia 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, Bra...
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The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia /sloʊˈvɑːkiə/ (help·info); Slovak: Slovensko (help·info), long form Slovenská republika (help·info)) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). Slovakia 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. The second largest city is Košice. Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, UN, OECD, WTO, UNESCO and other international organizations.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present Slovakia between the fifth and sixth centuries AD during the Migration Period. In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs), Great Moravia, Kingdom of Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Habsburg Empire, and Czechoslovakia. An independent Slovak state...
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