Slovakia By Dylan 5th Class

Contents P.1: Flag P.2: Map P.3: Fascinating Facts P.4: Mountains and Rivers P.5: History P.6: Weather and climate P.7: Say it in Slovak P.8: Size and Population P.9: Education P.10: Andrei Kiska P.11 Famous people from Slovakia P.12 Native Animals P.13 Food P.14 References

Flag The Slovakian flag consists of three different colours The badge on the left hand side is the Slovakian coat of arms

Map Slovakia is near the centre of Europe here is a picture of where on the map Further on in the PowerPoint presentation you will find out more about history climate language etc.

Fascinating Facts More than 6,000 caves have been discovered so far in Slovakia The capital of Slovakia (Bratislava) is the only capital city in the world that is bordered by to independent countries Austria and Hungary. The High Tatras mountain range has peaks of over 2500m The time zone is 1 hour ahead of ours Slovakia`s national day is on the 1st of September Like us Slovakian citizens use Euro currency

Mountains and Rivers The longest river in Slovakia is the Morava and it is in central Europe. It also is 354km long. The shortest river is the Slatina river and it is 55km long The highest mountain is called the Gerlachovsky Stit and it is 2,654 meters high

History Slovakia was once named Czechoslovakia which is Czech Republic and Slovakia as one country It formed at the end of World War 1 and became independent during 1993 It formed because of the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy

Weather and Climate From the 22nd of June Slovakia has an average daily temperature of 30 degrees Celsius. Slovakia's coldest degrees ever recorded was -24.2 degrees Celsius On an average Winter day Slovakia`s degrees would be around freezing (0 degrees)

Say it in Slovak Hello-Ahoj Goodbye-Zbohom How are you?-Ako sa mas? My name is-Moje meno je Good morning-Dobre rano Good evening-Dobry vecer Food-Jedlo School-Skolske Money-Peniaze Sun-Slnko Moon-Mesiac Star-Hveizda Cloud-Mrak

Size and population The land area is 48,105km2 The water area is 930km2 with an overall size of 49,035 km2 The population is 5,445,802 

Education Preschool education is from 3-6 years of age Primary Education lasts for 9 years. Our education in Primary schools last for 8 years.

Andrej Kiska Andrei Kiska is the Slovakian President He was elected during March in 2014 He is the co-founder of a charity that helps children suffering severely from diseases He was born on the 2nd of February 1963, which makes him 56 years old

Famous people from Slovakia Marian Hossa is a famous hockey player from Slovakia Dominik Hrbaty is a tennis player from Slovakia Marek Hamsik is another famous hockey player

Native Animals There are many native animals here are some pictures Baby Lynx-> Red deer->

Food in Slovakia Goulash soup - using beef, paprika, marjoram and potatoes here is a picture of it -> Lokse – is a potato pancake

References Google Chrome Carndonagh Library Books