Slovakia
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Slovakia is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Bratislava. Other main cities are Košice, Banská Bystrica, Žilina, Trenčín, Nitra, Prešov, and Trnava.
The area was a part of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1992. Czechoslovakia became independent in 1918 from Austrian-Hungarian Empire. The first Czechoslovakian president was Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two countries (Slovakia and Czech Republic) in 1992. Slovakia has been a member of the European Union since May 1, 2004.
About 5.5 million people live in Slovakia. Most people speak Slovak, but in some regions of Slovakia people speak also Hungarian, Ruthenian and Ukrainian. The money that they use there is called the Slovak koruna.
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