LOCATION
, AREA , INHABITATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
| I.ocation |
between 16°50'05" and 22°34'04" eastern longitude and
between 47°43'54" and 49°36'52" northern latitude. |
| Maximum length of the SR |
428.9 km. |
| Maximum width of the SR |
196.7 km. |
| Minimum width of the SR |
77.6 km. |
| State border |
|
1670.0 km |
| |
Hungary |
668.6 km |
| |
Poland |
547.1 km |
| |
Czech Republic |
251.8 km |
| |
Austria |
106.6 km |
| |
Ukraine |
98.5 km |
The geographical
centre of Slovakia: Lubietovský Vepor - Hrb (1,255 m a.s.l.)
north of the Poľana PLA.
The geographical
centre of Europe: The Church of St. John - Kremnické Bane towards Krahule.
| Area (1997) |
all |
49,034.55 km2 |
| |
agricultural land |
24,446.34 km2 (49.86%) |
| |
forest |
19,963.73 km2 (40.71%) |
| |
water |
933.20 km2 ( 1.90%) |
| |
residential and other urban areas |
3,691.38 km2 ( 7.53%). |
| Population growth |
in 1784: |
1,945,000 with an average growth of 16,098 |
| |
in 1997 |
5,373,810 (2.76 fold increase in 213 years). |
| Population density (1997) |
109.6 inhabitants per km2 (only 39.7 inhabitants per km2
in 1787). |
Municipalities:
There are 2,878 municipalities, with 136 towns, in which 57.07% of
the inhabitants of Slovakia were living in 1997 (1970 the figure was 41.4%);
in 1873 there
were 3,646 municipalities, with 25 royal free towns and 227 small towns.
Principal towns:
| 1. Bratislava |
452,288 inhabitants |
| 2.Košice |
241,606 inhabitants |
| 3. Prešov |
93,147 inhabitants |
| 4. Nitra |
87,569 inhabitants |
| 5. Žilina |
86,811 inhabitants |
| 6. Banská Bystrica |
85,052 inhabitants |
| 7. Trnava |
70,202 inhabitants |
| 8. Trenčín |
59,039 inhabitants |
Population centres
of national and international importance:
| Bratislava - Trnava |
Žilina - Martin |
| Nitra |
Banská Bystrica - Zvolen |
| Trenčín |
Košice - Prešov |
The most highly
located municipality: Štrbské Pleso (1,355 metres a.s.l.).
Territorial division
and administrative regions: first alre ady in 10. -13. century; since
1996 - 8 regions and 79 districts.
The oldest
Christian church: the foundations of a church in Nitra, from around
826; preserved preromanesque church in Kostoľany pod
Tríbečom (first half of the 11t" century).
Museums and
galleries: 56 museums with 53 branches,18 galleries, (325 permanent
expositions , 1237 exhibitions, 4 million visitors per year).
Museum specialised
in nature protection: the Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology
in Liptovský Mikuláš (1930).
Schools:
20 universities,196 gymnasia, 367 specialised high schools and 355 apprentice
schools.
Education:
universities - 7.8% of the SR population secondary schools - 24.3%
of the SR population.
The oldest
production enterprise still in operation: the State Mint in Kremnica,
since 1328.
Main airports:
Bratislava, Košice, Poprad, Sliač, Piešťany, Žilina, Trenčín, Lučenec.
Railway network:
3,673 km, of which 1,516 km is electrified and 1,024 is double-track (density
75 m per km2).
Road network:17,867
km (density 364 m per kmz), 215 km of which is motorway.
Length of
ship navigation rivers:172 km.
Main river
ports: Bratislava, Komárno, Štúrovo.