Slovakia — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Slovakia: capital Bratislava, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Slovakia is in Europe. Its capital is Bratislava.

Climate

Temperate continental with four distinct seasons; cooler in the mountains

Rugged Carpathian Mountains in the north; lowlands in the south along the Danube

Slovakia has more castles and châteaux per capita than any other country.

Andy Warhol's parents were from northeastern Slovakia, and a museum there honors his legacy.

Slovakia has the highest number of mineral and thermal springs per capita in Europe.

833: Formation of Great Moravia, the first major Slavic state

1000: Slovak lands incorporated into the Kingdom of Hungary

1918: Slovakia joins with Czech lands to form Czechoslovakia

1993: Velvet Divorce creates independent Slovakia and Czech Republic

2004: Slovakia joins both the European Union and NATO

2009: Slovakia adopts the euro as its currency