Slovakia

== Slovakia ==
Slovakia (i/slɵˈvaːkiə/; Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslovɛnsko] ( listen)),[6][7] officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika,  listen (help·info)), is a country in Central Europe.[8][9]
It has a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 
square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is the capital, Bratislava. Slovakia is a member of the European Union, Eurozone, Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the OECD and the WTO. The official language is Slovak, a member of the Slavic language family.
The Slavs
 arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th 
centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the 
creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra. In the 10th century, the territory of today's Slovakia was integrated into the Kingdom of Hungary,[10] which itself became part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Habsburg Empire. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Slovaks and Czechs established Czechoslovakia. A separate Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed in World War II as a client state of Nazi Germany. In 1945, Czechoslovakia was reestablished. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy[11][12] with one of the fastest growth rates in the European Union and the OECD.[13] The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009.[14]
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