Slovakia
official name:Slovak Republic
placed in: Central Europe
borders on: Poland, Czech Republic, the Ukraine, Austria,
Hungaria
capital: Bratislava
currency: Slovak crown
area:48 847 km sq
elevations extremes:
the lowest point: Bodrog River 94m
the highest point:Gerlachovsky Stit 2 655m
population:5 430 033 (July
2003 est.)
nationality:Slovak(s)
language:Slovak
government type:parliamentary
democracy
administrative division:country
is devided into 8 regions
natural resources:
brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese
ore; salt; arable land
industries: steel and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, coke, oil,
nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers; machinery; paper and printing;
earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles electrical and
optical apparatus; rubber products
SOUTH AND WEST
SLOVAKIA
- part of south-western Slovakia takes Podunajská lowland - the warmest and the most fertil land of the country
- around Hungarian and Austrian borders, there are domestic summer-holiday areas
- there are many famous wells and spas in whole Slovakia where various diseases are cured
- agriculture: there are large wine-yards, weats, oats, fruit and vegetable
- industry: textile, automobile (Peugeot, Volkswagen), cellulose, pharmaceutical, food; there are breweries
- this part of the country is the only, where is crude oil production and nuclear power-plant
- there is famous horse breeding farm
NORTH SLOVAKIA
- mostly highlands with stony and less fertile ground,majority of the area are forests
- colder weather
- area is rich for mineral or thermal water, thermal spas
- agriculture: stock and sheep breding; potatoes, barley and fodder crops are grown
- industry: lime and dolomit pits, production of iron ore and copper mining, engineering - TV set production; textile industry, wood and furniture industry, metallurgy, rubber industry, paper and pulp industry
- several artifical dams, that provide water sport opportinities
Beautiful karst creations came into being hundred thousand years ago. There are about 17 public available caves in whole country.
