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Sponsored LinksTravel reviews & great deals at TripAdvisor: SlovakiaSlovakia (slōvă'kēu, slōvä'kēu) [key]or the Slovak Republic,Slovak Slovensko (slô'venskô) [key], republic (2005 est. pop. 5,431,000), 18,917 sq mi (48,995 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic in the west, by Austria in the southwest, by Hungary in the south, by Ukraine in the east, and by Poland in the north. Bratislava is the capital. Slovakia became an independent nation on Jan. 1, 1993, when Czechoslovakia was dissolved. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Slovakia from Infoplease:
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