Slovakia: Flag and Facts
Slovakia's flag has equal white, blue and red horizontal stripes, plus a red shield set left of center that shows a white double-barred cross standing on three blue hills.
- Official name
- Slovak Republic
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population
- 5.6 million (2024)
- Languages
- Slovak
- Currency
- Euro
- Area
- 49,037 km² (18,933 sq mi)
- People
- Slovak
- Calling code
- +421
- Highest point
- Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m
- Independence
- 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech…)
- National symbols
- double-barred cross (Cross of St. Cyril and St. Methodius) over three peaks
About Slovakia
Bratislava, the capital, has about 441,000 residents, and the whole landlocked country holds roughly 5.6 million people on 49,037 square kilometers. Rugged mountains fill the center and north, while the south drops into lowlands. The top of the map is Gerlachovsky Stit at 2,655 meters. Summers stay cool and winters turn cold, gray and damp. Five neighbors wrap around it: Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.
The story starts with Great Moravia in the 9th century, followed by about 1,000 years inside the Hungarian Kingdom. Once World War I broke up Austria-Hungary, Slovaks and Czechs built Czechoslovakia together. Communist rule arrived after World War II, and the peaceful Velvet Revolution ended it in 1989. On 1 January 1993 the two halves parted ways, and Slovakia stood on its own as a parliamentary republic.
Did you know?
- The national anthem's title translates as Storm Over the Tatras.
- White, blue and red on the flag are the shared pan-Slav colors.
- The lowest spot, along the Bodrok River, sits just 94 meters above sea level.
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Questions about Slovakia
What currency does Slovakia use?
Slovakia pays with the euro. Slovak is the official language.
When did Slovakia become independent?
On 1 January 1993, when Czechoslovakia divided into two separate countries.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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