Slovenia
Slovenia Population, cities
Population
Population
According to
Countryaah website, Slovenia has a total of around 2.1 million residents.

Ethnic composition
Approx. 88% of Slovenians live in Slovenia, as well as Italians,
Hungarians, Croats, Serbs/Montenegrins, Bosnians, Macedonians, Albanians and
Roma.
Religious affiliation
In Slovenia mainly Catholics live, alongside Protestants and Serbian
Orthodox, approx. 1% Muslims and 16% Jews and others
National languages
The official language in Slovenia is Slovenian.
Capital, other cities
The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana with around 280,000 residents.
Slovenia: geography
National borders and length of coast
Defined by DigoPaul, Slovenia shares a border with:
- Austria with a length of 330 km,
- Italy with a length of 280 km,
- Hungary with a length of 102 km,
- Croatia with a length of 670 km.
Its coastline to the Mediterranean Sea is less than 50 km.

General overview
The small country of Slovenia is geographically in the heart of Europe. The
landscape of Slovenia is extremely varied. In the west is the coast to the
Adriatic Sea, in the northwest the land rises to the high alpine region. About a
third of the country's area is covered by the Southern Alps.
Slovenia is divided into seven regions:
Gorenjska
The high alpine region in the northwest with the Julian Alps and
Steiner Alps as well as the Karawanken
Koroska, Stajerska
With the Pohorje Mountains
Prekmuje, Primorska
Along the Slovenian coast
Notranjska and Dolenjska.
Area and land use
Slovenia covers an area of 20,273 km².
Thereof:
- Forest
Around 55% of the country is forested.
- Meadow and pasture land
Around 30% of the area of Slovenia is used as pasture land
- Arable land and fields
About 8.6% of the area of Slovenia is used as arable land. The main crops
are potatoes, corn, hops, wheat, wine and fruit.
- Swamp
There are still numerous peat bogs in the Pohorje area.
- Mountains
The Julian Alps dominate the country's landscape and form the natural border
between Italy and Slovenia. In the north, the Karawanken, a mountain range
of the Southern Limestone Alps, stretch between Austria and Slovenia. The
low mountain range of Slovenia is called Pohorje, the plateaus of which are
densely overgrown with coniferous forest.
National borders
Slovenia shares a border with:
- Austria with a length of 330 km,
- Italy with a length of 280 km,
- Hungary with a length of 102 km,
- Croatia with a length of 670 km.
Coastline
Slovenia has a coastline to the Mediterranean Sea with a length of less than
50 km. This is also where the country's only port city is located, the city of
Koper with around 25,000 residents.
Tidal range
In Izola the mean tidal range is only around 0.3 m.
For detailed explanations of ebb and flow, see Tides, Ebb and Flow.
Compare
The world's highest tidal range can be found in the Bay of Fundy in Canada,
where it is up to 16 meters, and at spring tide even over 20 meters. The Bay of
Fundy is located on the Atlantic between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia, which is called Nova Scotia in German and whose capital is
Halifax. On the German North Sea coast it varies between one and three
meters. In the western Baltic Sea, on the other hand, the tidal range is only
0.3 meters, while it is barely noticeable in the eastern Baltic Sea.
Longitude and latitude
Slovenia extends over the following geographical latitude (abbreviation Δφ)
and geographical longitude (abbreviation Δλ):
Δφ = from 45 ° to 47 ° north latitude
Δλ = from 013 ° to 017 ° east longitude |
You can find detailed information on this subject under Longitude and
Latitude.
Legal time
In Slovenia, Central European Time (CET) applies without summer time, i.e.
the same time as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Further and detailed explanations of the time can be found under Time zones,
time.
The highest point of the sun in Ljubljana
Ljubljana is located at a north latitude of around φ = 46 °
If the sun is at the tropic, i.e. at δ = 23.5 °, summer begins in Ljubljana,
this is June 21. Then, for the highest position of the sun at noon, according to
Eq. 1 (see position of the sun):
46 ° = (90 ° - h) + 23.5 °
so:
Thus, with a height of 67.5 ° on June 21 in Ljubljana, the sun has the
highest level of the whole year.
Mountains, Triglav
Triglav
The highest mountain is the Triglav im with a height of 2,863 m.
Other high mountains are:
- Skrlatica with a height of 2,740 m
- Mangart with a height of 2,679 m
- Jalovec with a height of 2,645 m
Rivers, Save, Drava
Save
The longest river in the country is the Save with a total length of
around 945 km. The river arises in Slovenia from Wurzener Save and Wocheiner
Save near the 6,000-resident town of Radovljica near the border triangle of
Slovenia, Italy and Austria. The Save flows into the Danube near Belgrade in
Serbia. In addition to Belgrade, Zagreb in Croatia is a large city on the
river. In addition to Slovenia, the Save also flows through Bosnia, Herzegovina,
Croatia and Serbia.
Drau
The Drau has a total length of 750 km. Its source is in the small town
of San Candido in South Tyrol/Italy. It flows into the Danube near Osijek in
Croatia. In addition to Slovenia, the river also flows through South Tyrol
(Italy), the federal states of Tyrol and Carinthia in Austria as well as Croatia
and Hungary. The larger Slovenian cities of Maribur and Ptuj lie on the Drava.
Mur
The Mur has a total length of 455 km. It rises in Austria in the
Radstätter Tauern and flows through the capital of the Austrian state of
Styria-Graz. It flows into the Drava at Legrad in northern Croatia near the
border with Hungary. Along with Slovenia and Austria, it also flows through
Croatia.
Lakes
Lake Bohinj
The largest glacial lake in the country is Lake Bohinj in the Julian
Alps.
Triglav lakes, Blejsko lake
Other large lakes are the seven Triglav lakes and Blejsko lake.
Adriatic, Mediterranean
Slovenia lies on the Adriatic Sea, part of the Mediterranean Sea, with a
coastline of a little less than 50 km.
You can find a detailed description of the Adriatic at Goruma under the
following.
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