General+Information

=*General Information* =
 * =Location: =
 * ===﻿It is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It shares boundaries with Poland on it's north side, Ukraine on it's east side, Hungary on it's south side, and Austria and the Czech Republic on it's west side. ===


 * ==Population: ==
 * **As of July 2010, Slovakia had a population of 5, 470, 306. **
 * **The population grew by .13% since 2009. **


 * ==Flag: ==
 * [[image:Slovakia_flag_300.png width="273" height="185"]]Image Taken From: http://flagspot.net
 * **The first Slovakian flag was only red and white and was flown during a theatrical performance on April 23, 1848.**
 * **In August of 1848, blue was added to the flag.**
 * **On June 23, 1939, the above flag became the official flag.**
 * **The flag represents the past that Slovakia had with Hungary and it is a modified version of the Hungarian flag.**
 * **The cross represents Orthodox Christianity while the mountains represent the Tatra, Fatra, and and Matra mountain regions across the country.**
 * **The colors on the flag stand for Slavic unity and independence.**


 * ==Language: ==
 * **Slovakians speak a language known as Slovak, which is an Indo-European language.**
 * **<span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Slovak is spoken in the Slovak Republic by 5 million people and also in the United States, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Ireland, Romania, Hungary,, Canada, Croatia, Australia, Austria, and Ukraine. **
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**The language uses a Latin alphabet with modifications.**
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**The primary principle of Slovak spelling is the phonemic principle. (Write as you hear)**
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**The secondary principle is the morphological principle, which means that forms derived from the same stem are written in the same way every time even if they are pronounced differently.**
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**This is what the Slovak alphabet looks like:**
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[image:abeceda.gif]]
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This image taken from:http://flagspot.net/flags/sk.html#history


 * ==<span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Major Exports: ==
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Machinery and energy equipment**
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Base metals**
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Mineral Products**
 * **<span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Plastics and rubber **
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Iron and steel**
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Automobiles**


 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Information From: [|Language] **


 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This Wiki was Created by: **
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Brittani Warning **
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">bdwarni@ilstu.edu **
 * <span style="color: #3266ec; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created on: November 29,2010 **
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