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GE National Ambassador in Slovakia Vladimira Briestenska |
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Slovakia in brief:
| Area | 48,845 sq km |
| Capital | Bratislava |
| Language | Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7% |
| Population | 5,455,407 (July 2008 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.143% (2008 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
| Independence | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| GDP | per capita - $20,300 (2007 est.) |
| Unemployment rate | 8.4% (2007 est.) |
| Population below poverty line | 21% (2002) |