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Tuesday, 9 December 2025
37 facts about Slovakia
37 facts about Slovakia
A land of castles and palaces
Slovakia is a small landlocked country that was established in its present form after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It is one of the countri ...

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Poland
Polish forests cover almost 30% of the country.
According to the plans, forests should cover 33% of Poland by 2050.
Nigeria
There are fifty-four airports in the country.
The main ones are: Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos Nnamdi Azikiwe International Air ...
Albania
A unique feature of Albania's landscape is the presence of many lakes.
In the northwest, there is the largest lake in Southern Europe - the karst Lake Skadar, located on t ...
Germany
There are over 150 castles in Germany.
The most famous is Neuschwanstein Castle. Its construction began in 1869 but was never fully completed. It is visited by over 1,3 million tourists a year.
Slovakia
Slovakia has a dense river network, 96% of which belongs to the Danube catchment area (Black Sea catchment area), and the remaining 4% to the Vistula catchment area (Baltic Sea catchment area).
The largest rivers in Slovakia are the Danube, Váh, Hron, Morava, Bodrog, Latorica, and Laborec. The ...
Republic of South Africa
South Africa is often referred to as the "rainbow nation" to describe the country's multicultural diversity, especially in the wake of apartheid.
Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have had political representation in the country.
England
The World Wide Web was invented by an English computer scientist, Tim Berners – Lee.
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's highest mountain is the Grauspitz, with an altitude of 2599 m.
Republic of South Africa
About 80% of South Africans are of Black African descent, divided into different ethnic groups speaking different African languages.
The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (white South Africans) ...
Zanzibar
There are numerous clove and coconut plantations on the island, which constitute the basis for exports.
Clove trees appeared in Zanzibar in 1812 thanks to Saleh ibn Haramil from Muscat, who brought them h ...