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World Gazetteer Results for Hnúšta:
NameHnúšta
Alternate NamesNyustja
Geographical TypeLocality
Population7557
Latitude
Longitude
CountrySlovakia
Administrative DivisionBanskobystrický
Dictionary Results for Slovakia:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Slovakia
    n 1: a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the
         Czech Republic in 1993 [syn: Slovakia, Slovak Republic]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Slovakia

   Introduction Slovakia
   ---------------------
                            Background: In 1918 the Slovaks joined the
                                        closely related Czechs to form
                                        Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos
                                        of World War II, Czechoslovakia
                                        became a Communist nation within
                                        Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet
                                        influence collapsed in 1989 and
                                        Czechoslovakia once more became
                                        free. The Slovaks and the Czechs
                                        agreed to separate peacefully on 1
                                        January 1993. Historic, political,
                                        and geographic factors have caused
                                        Slovakia to experience more
                                        difficulty in developing a modern
                                        market economy than some of its
                                        Central European neighbors.
  
   Geography Slovakia
   ------------------
                              Location: Central Europe, south of Poland
                Geographic coordinates: 48 40 N, 19 30 E
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 48,845 sq km
                                        water: 45 sq km
                                        land: 48,800 sq km
                    Area - comparative: about twice the size of New
                                        Hampshire
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,524 km
                                        border countries: Austria 91 km,
                                        Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 677
                                        km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 97 km
                             Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
                       Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
                               Climate: temperate; cool summers; cold,
                                        cloudy, humid winters
                               Terrain: rugged mountains in the central and
                                        northern part and lowlands in the
                                        south
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
                                        highest point: Gerlachovsky Stit
                                        2,655 m
                     Natural resources: brown coal and lignite; small
                                        amounts of iron ore, copper and
                                        manganese ore; salt; arable land
                              Land use: arable land: 30.74%
                                        permanent crops: 2.64%
                                        other: 66.62% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 1,740 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: NA
          Environment - current issues: air pollution from metallurgical
                                        plants presents human health risks;
                                        acid rain damaging forests
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution, Air
                            agreements: Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
                                        Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-
                                        Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile
                                        Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty,
                                        Biodiversity, Climate Change,
                                        Desertification, Endangered Species,
                                        Environmental Modification,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
  
                                        signed, but not ratified: Air
                                        Pollution-Persistent Organic
                                        Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental
                                        Protocol, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol
                      Geography - note: landlocked; most of the country is
                                        rugged and mountainous; the Tatra
                                        Mountains in the north are
                                        interspersed with many scenic lakes
                                        and valleys
  
   People Slovakia
   ---------------
                            Population: 5,422,366 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.3% (male 508,256;
                                        female 484,739)
                                        15-64 years: 70.1% (male 1,888,705;
                                        female 1,910,842)
                                        65 years and over: 11.6% (male
                                        237,770; female 392,054) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.14% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 10.09 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.95 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 8.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.2 years
                                        female: 78.41 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 70.19 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.25 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 400 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Slovak(s)
                                        adjective: Slovak
                         Ethnic groups: Slovak 85.7%, Hungarian 10.6%, Roma
                                        1.6% (the 1992 census figures
                                        underreport the Gypsy/Romany
                                        community, which is about 500,000),
                                        Czech, Moravian, Silesian 1.1%,
                                        Ruthenian and Ukrainian 0.6%, German
                                        0.1%, Polish 0.1%, other 0.2% (1996)
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%,
                                        Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%,
                                        other 17.5%
                             Languages: Slovak (official), Hungarian
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: NA%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Slovakia
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Slovak
                                        Republic
                                        conventional short form: Slovakia
                                        local short form: Slovensko
                                        local long form: Slovenska Republika
                       Government type: parliamentary democracy
                               Capital: Bratislava
              Administrative divisions: 8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj);
                                        Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky,
                                        Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky,
                                        Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky
                          Independence: 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split
                                        into the Czech Republic and
                                        Slovakia)
                      National holiday: Constitution Day, 1 September (1992)
                          Constitution: ratified 1 September 1992, fully
                                        effective 1 January 1993; changed in
                                        September 1998 to allow direct
                                        election of the president; amended
                                        February 2001 to allow Slovakia to
                                        apply for NATO and EU membership
                          Legal system: civil law system based on Austro-
                                        Hungarian codes; has not accepted
                                        compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal
                                        code modified to comply with the
                                        obligations of Organization on
                                        Security and Cooperation in Europe
                                        (OSCE) and to expunge Marxist-
                                        Leninist legal theory
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Rudolf
                                        SCHUSTER (since 15 June 1999)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Mikulas DZURINDA (since 30 October
                                        1998)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        president on the recommendation of
                                        the prime minister
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        direct, popular vote for a five-year
                                        term; election last held 29 May 1999
                                        (next to be held NA May/June 2004);
                                        following National Council
                                        elections, the leader of the
                                        majority party or the leader of a
                                        majority coalition is usually
                                        appointed prime minister by the
                                        president
                                        note: government coalition - SDK,
                                        SDL, SMK, SOP, KDH
                                        election results: Rudolf SCHUSTER
                                        elected president in the first
                                        direct, popular election; percent of
                                        vote - Rudolf SCHUSTER 57%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Council of the
                                        Slovak Republic or Narodna Rada
                                        Slovenskej Republiky (150 seats;
                                        members are elected on the basis of
                                        proportional representation to serve
                                        four-year terms)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - HZDS 27%, SDK 26.3%, SDL
                                        14.7%, SMK 9.1%, SNS 9.1%, SOP 8%;
                                        seats by party - governing coalition
                                        93 (SDK 42, SDL 23, SMK 15, SOP 13),
                                        opposition 57 (HZDS 43, SNS 14);
                                        note - seating as of January 2002 -
                                        governing coalition 90 (SDK 23, SDL
                                        21, SOP 16, SMK 15, KDH 9, DS 6),
                                        opposition 51 (HZDS 43, SNS 8), PSNS
                                        6, independents 3
                                        elections: last held 25-26 September
                                        1998 (next to be held NA September
                                        2002)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (judges are elected by
                                        the National Council);
                                        Constitutional Court (judges
                                        appointed by president from group of
                                        nominees approved by the National
                                        Council)
         Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Movement or KDH
                                        [Pavol HRUSOVSKY]; Democratic Party
                                        or DS [Ludovit KANIK]; Direction
                                        (Smer) [Robert FICO]; Liberal
                                        Democratic Union or LDU [Jan BUDAJ];
                                        Movement for a Democratic Slovakia-
                                        People's Party or HZDS-LS [Vladimir
                                        MECIAR]; Party of Civic
                                        Understanding or SOP [Pavol HAMZIK];
                                        note - SSDS and SZS joined the SOP
                                        parliamentary caucus; Party of the
                                        Democratic Left or SDL [Pvel
                                        KONCOS]; Party of the Hungarian
                                        Coalition or SMK [Bela BUGAR]; Real
                                        Slovak National Party or PSNS [Jan
                                        SLOTA]; Slovak Democratic and
                                        Christian Union or SDKU [Mikulas
                                        DZURINDA]; note - this is DZURINDA's
                                        new party for the 2002 elections; he
                                        remains chairman of a rump and
                                        splintering SDK; Slovak Democratic
                                        Coalition or SDK (loose
                                        parliamentary club grouping,
                                        representing members of the smaller
                                        SSDS, SZS, and those committed to
                                        run under SDKU in 2002) [Mikulas
                                        DZURINDA]; Slovak National Party or
                                        SNS [Anna MALIKOVA]; Yes (ANO)
                                        [Paval RUSKO]
          Political pressure groups and Association of Employers of
                               leaders: Slovakia; Association of Towns and
                                        Villages or ZMOS; Confederation of
                                        Trade Unions or KOZ; Metal Workers
                                        Unions or KOVO and METALURG
             International organization Australia Group, BIS, BSEC
                         participation: (observer), CCC, CE, CEI, CERN,
                                        EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EU (applicant),
                                        FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
                                        ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
                                        IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,
                                        NAM (guest), NSG, OECD, OPCW, OSCE,
                                        PCA, PFP, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD,
                                        UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO,
                                        UNMEE, UNTAET, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WEU
                                        (associate partner), WFTU, WHO,
                                        WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Martin
                                        BUTORA
                                        chancery: 3523 International Court
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 237-6438
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 237-1054
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Ronald
                                    US: WEISER
                                        embassy: Hviezdoslavovo Namestie 4,
                                        81102 Bratislava
                                        mailing address: P.O. Box 309, 814
                                        99 Bratislava
                                        telephone: [421] (2) 5443-3338
                                        FAX: [421] (2) 5443-0096
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of
                                        white (top), blue, and red
                                        superimposed with the Slovak cross
                                        in a shield centered on the hoist
                                        side; the cross is white centered on
                                        a background of red and blue
  
   Economy Slovakia
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: Slovakia has mastered much of the
                                        difficult transition from a
                                        centrally planned economy to a
                                        modern market economy. The DZURINDA
                                        government made excellent progress
                                        in 2001 in macroeconomic
                                        stabilization and structural reform.
                                        Major privatizations are nearly
                                        complete, the banking sector is
                                        almost completely in foreign hands,
                                        and foreign investment has picked
                                        up. Slovakia's economy exceeded
                                        expectations in 2001, despite
                                        recession in key export markets.
                                        Revival of domestic demand, partly
                                        due to a rise in real wages, offset
                                        slowing export growth to help drive
                                        the economy to its strongest
                                        expansion since 1998. Solid domestic
                                        demand is expected to boost economic
                                        growth to 3.4% in 2002, and about 4%
                                        in 2003. Unemployment, rising to
                                        19.8% at the end of 2001, remained
                                        the economy's Achilles' heel. The
                                        government faces other strong
                                        challenges in 2002, especially the
                                        maintenance of fiscal balance ahead
                                        of the September 2002 parliamentary
                                        election, cutting budget and current
                                        account deficits, and privatization
                                        of the Slovak energy and power
                                        monopolies.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $62
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 3% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $11,500
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4%
                                        industry: 32%
                                        services: 64% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 5.1%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 18.2% (1992)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 26.3 (1996)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.4% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 3 million (1999)
           Labor force - by occupation: industry 29.3%, agriculture 8.9%,
                                        construction 8%, transport and
                                        communication 8.2%, services 45.6%
                                        (1994)
                     Unemployment rate: 19.8% (yearend 2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $5.2 billion
                                        expenditures: $5.6 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (1999)
                            Industries: metal and metal products; food and
                                        beverages; electricity, gas, coke,
                                        oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and
                                        manmade fibers; machinery; paper and
                                        printing; earthenware and ceramics;
                                        transport vehicles; textiles;
                                        electrical and optical apparatus;
                                        rubber products
     Industrial production growth rate: 4% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 27.53 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 35.34%
                                        hydro: 17.11%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 47.55%
             Electricity - consumption: 25.203 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 4.9 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 4.5 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops,
                                        fruit; pigs, cattle, poultry; forest
                                        products
                               Exports: $12.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment
                                        39.4%, intermediate manufactured
                                        goods 27.5%, miscellaneous
                                        manufactured goods 13%, chemicals 8%
                                        (1999)
                    Exports - partners: EU 59.0% (Germany 26.8%, Italy 9.2%,
                                        Austria 8.4%), Czech Republic 17.4%
                                        (2000)
                               Imports: $14.4 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment
                                        37.7%, intermediate manufactured
                                        goods 18%, fuels 13%, chemicals 11%,
                                        miscellaneous manufactured goods
                                        9.5% (1999)
                    Imports - partners: EU 48.9% (Germany 25.1%, Italy
                                        6.2%), Russia 17.0%, Czech Republic
                                        14.7% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $7.8 billion (2001 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $421.9 million (1995)
                              Currency: Slovak koruna (SKK)
                         Currency code: SKK
                        Exchange rates: koruny per US dollar - 47.792
                                        (September 2001), 46.035 (2000),
                                        41.363 (1999), 35.233 (1998), 33.616
                                        (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Slovakia
   -----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 1,934,558 (1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 736,662 (April 1999)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: a modernization
                                        and privatization program is
                                        increasing accessibility to
                                        telephone service, reducing the
                                        waiting time for new subscribers,
                                        and generally improving service
                                        quality
                                        domestic: predominantly an analog
                                        system that is now receiving digital
                                        equipment and is being enlarged with
                                        fiber-optic cable, especially in the
                                        larger cities; mobile cellular
                                        capability has been added
                                        international: three international
                                        exchanges (one in Bratislava and two
                                        in Banska Bystrica) are available;
                                        Slovakia is participating in several
                                        international telecommunications
                                        projects that will increase the
                                        availability of external services
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)
                                Radios: 3.12 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995)
                           Televisions: 2.62 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .sk
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 6 (2000)
                        Internet users: 700,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Slovakia
   -----------------------
                              Railways: total: 3,660 km
                                        broad gauge: 102 km 1.520-m gauge
                                        narrow gauge: 51 km (46 km 1,000-
                                        m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge) (2001)
                                        standard gauge: 3,507 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge (1,505 km electrified; 1,011
                                        km double-tracked)
                              Highways: total: 17,710 km
                                        paved: 17,533 km (including 288 km
                                        of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 177 km (1998 est.)
                             Waterways: 172 km (all on the Danube)
                             Pipelines: petroleum products NA km; natural
                                        gas 2,700 km
                     Ports and harbors: Bratislava, Komarno
                       Merchant marine: total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 15,191 GRT/19,489 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 3 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 34 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 17
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 3
                                        under 914 m: 7 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 17
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 9
                                        under 914 m: 7 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Slovakia
   -----------------
                     Military branches: Army (Ground Forces), Air and Air
                                        Defense Forces, Home Guards
                                        (Territorial Defense Forces), Civil
                                        Defense Force, Railway Armed Forces
                                        (subordinate to the Ministry of
                                        Transportation, Post, and
                                        Telecommunications)
      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,486,728 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 1,136,775 (2002
                               service: est.)
           Military manpower - reaching males: 45,502 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $406 million (2002)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 1.89% (2002)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Slovakia
   -----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Slovakia requested additional ICJ
                                        judgment in 1998, and talks continue
                                        to set modalities to assure
                                        Hungarian compliance with 1997 ICJ
                                        decision to proceed with
                                        construction of Gabcikovo-Nagymaros
                                        Dam, abandoned by Hungary in 1989
                         Illicit drugs: transshipment point for Southwest
                                        Asian heroin bound for Western
                                        Europe; producer of synthetic drugs
                                        for regional market
  
                                       



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