Republic of Slovenia
Republika Slovenija (Slovene)
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Location of Slovenia (dark green)
– in Europe (green & dark grey) |
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Capital and largest city |
Ljubljana 46°03′N 14°30′E / 46.050°N 14.500°E |
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Official languages | Slovene | ||||
Ethnic groups (2002) | |||||
Demonym | Slovene | ||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
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Borut Pahor | |||||
Miro Cerar | |||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||
National Council | |||||
National Assembly | |||||
Establishment | |||||
• State of Slovenes,
Croats and Serbs becomes independent |
29 October 1918 |
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4 December 1918 |
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• Yugoslavia becomes a republic
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29 November 1945 | ||||
• Independence from Yugoslavia
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25 June 1991 | ||||
• Joined the European Union
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1 May 2004 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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20,273 km2 (7,827 sq mi) (154th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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0.7 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2016 estimate
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2,064,188 (144th) | ||||
• 2002 census
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1,964,036 | ||||
• Density
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101.8/km2 (263.7/sq mi) (106th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$68,770 billion (97th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$33,279 (38th) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$45.917 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$22,220 | ||||
Gini (2014) |
25.0 low · 3rd |
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HDI (2014) |
0.880 very high · 25th |
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Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) | ||||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
Date format | dd. mm. yyyy | ||||
Drives on the | right | ||||
Calling code | +386 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | SI | ||||
Internet TLD | .si | ||||
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During World War II, Nazi Germany and Hungary annexed northern areas (brown and dark green areas, respectively), while Fascist Italy annexed the vertically hashed black area (solid black western part being annexed by Italy already with the Treaty of Rapallo). Some villages were incorporated into the Independent State of Croatia. After 1943, Germany took over the Italian occupational area, as well. |
2b Inner, 2c Lower 3 Carinthia; 4 Styria; 5 Prekmurje |
Coordinates: 46°07′N 14°49′E / 46.117°N 14.817°E
– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green)
Slovenia (i/sloʊˈviːniə, slə-, -njə/sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋéːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija ,abbr.: RS), is a nation state in southern Central Europe, located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.06 million. It is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, European Union, and NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.