Slovenia

Republic of Slovenia

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Location	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Croatia, Italy and Austria

Size	20,273 km²

Capital	Ljubljana, 260,000 inhabitants

Land boundaries	1,370 km: with Austria 318 km, with Italy 280 km, with Hungary 102 km, with Croatia 670 km

Length of coastline	46,6 km

Largest towns	Ljubljana (268.423 (1.1.2009)), Maribor (108,600), Kranj (39,400), Celje (38,400)

Landscape	The territory of Slovenia is geographically divided into four basic types of landscape - Alpine in the north, Mediterranean in the south-west, Dinaric in the south and Pannonian in the east

Neighbouring states	Austria, Italy, Hungary. Croatia

Population	2.049.261 (1 July 2010)

Official language and script	Slovenian, in some nationally mixed border areas also Italian and Hungarian and Latin script

Currency unit	EUR 1= 100 cents

Government type	Democratic parliamentary republic since 25 June 1991 / Member of the European Union since 1 May 2004

GDP	17.331 EUR

Ethnic groups	Slovenian 83%; Italian 0,1%; Hungarian 0,3%; Croat 1,8%; Serbian 2,0%; Muslim (including Bosniacs) 1,6%; others 2,2%; unknown: 8,9%

Religions	According to the 2002 census the most of population (58 %) are Catholics. Together there are 43 religious communities registered in Slovenia. Among the oldest is the Evangelical Church, most widely spread in the northeastern part of Slovenia

Internet country code	.si