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Slovakia, [a] officially the Slovak Republic, [b] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population ...
Germany, Austria, France and Italy: Open border through Schengen Turkey: 415 km (258 mi) Bulgaria and Greece Ukraine: 1,324 km (823 mi) Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia United Kingdom: 499 km (310 mi) Ireland and France [c] Open border with Ireland through the Common Travel Area Vatican City: 3.5 km (2.2 mi) Italy: Open border
Slovakia – landlocked sovereign country located in Central Europe. [1] Slovakia has a population of five and a half million and an area of 49,036 square kilometres (18,933 sq mi). [ 2 ] Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south.
Disused Poland–Slovakia border crossing near Barwinek, Poland on European route E371.Photo taken in April 2008, after Poland and Slovakia joined the Schengen Area.. The first ever Poland-Slovakia border was established on March 14, 1939, when the Slovak Republic was created.
Bratislava is the only capital city in the world which is located at a tripoint: Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria. The city's administrative area extends to the tripoint, but the point lies outside of urban Bratislava itself. Some historic tripoints: the historic Three Emperors' Corner of Austria-Hungary, the Russian Empire, and German Empire
A topographical map of Slovakia. The Tatra Mountains, with 29 peaks higher than 2,500 metres (8,202 feet) AMSL, are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains. The Tatras occupy an area of 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi), of which the greater part 600 square kilometres (232 sq mi) lies in Slovakia. They are divided into several parts.
Tatra Mountains, Slovakia and Poland; Caucasus Mountains, which also separate Europe and Asia; Crimean Mountains; Maja Jezercë in Albania at 2,694m high is the highest peak of the Dinaric Alps. Dinaric Alps, a mountain range in the Balkans; Pindus Mountains, Albania and Greece; Pyrenees, the natural border between France and Spain
Neuwarper See (Jezioro Nowowarpieńskie), a lake divided by a border between Poland and Germany The Borders of Poland are 3,511 km (2,182 mi) [ 1 ] or 3,582 km (2,226 mi) long. [ 2 ] The neighboring countries are Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and Lithuania and the Russian ...