Place details
Place nameSlovakia
Other namesSlovensko, Slowakei, Slowakije, Slovenská Republika, Slovak Republic, Slovaquie, République Slovaque, Eslovaquia, SVK, SK, ISO703, LO00, Slovenská Socialistická Republika, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovak
Latitude48.667
Longitude19.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by agriculturists by 5th mill. BC; settled by Illyrian, Celtic & Germanic tribes from 1st cen. AD; Slavic Slovaks (akin to Czechs) entered from Silesia 6th cen.; ruled by Hungary 11th cen., later by Hapsburgs; part of Czechoslovakia after WW I; main language is Slovak, though Czech, Hungarian & Ukrainian are also spoken.