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

SLOVAKIA - NATURAL BEAUTIES
Beautiful karst creations came into being hundred thousand years ago. There are about 17 public available caves in whole country.