This document provides a summary of key information about Slovenia including:
- Slovenia has a population of just under 2 million people and its capital is Ljubljana. The official languages are Slovenian, Italian, and Hungarian.
- Historically, Slovenia was part of various empires and nations including the Frankish Kingdom of Bavaria in the 8th century, the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary until 1918, and Yugoslavia until gaining independence in 1991.
- Slovenia has over 1000 castles, 120 caves including the famous Postojna and Škocjan caves, over 40 ski centers including Krvavec and Vogel, and 150 registered waterfalls such
4. Lane A: distance = 243 km time of travel = aproks. 3,5 h
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Lane B: distance = 171 km time of travel = aproks. 2,5 h
5. GENERAL DATA
Area: 20273 km2
Population: 1964000
Capital: Ljubljana
Official languages: Slovenian,
Italian, Hungarian
Money: Euro
HISTORY
•7th century → Karantania
•End of 8th century → Bavaria
•10th century → first sloenian written
document: Freising manuscripts
•14th century → Habsburg monarchy →
Austria-Hungary
•1918 State of Slovenians, Croats and
Serbians
•1929 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
•After 2.w.w. → Democratic Federation
Yugoslavia → Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (SFRY)
•25.6.1991 finaly independent Republic of
Slovenia
•1.5.2004 EU
•1.1.2007 euro
POPULATION:
Slovenians 83,06% Serbians 1,98%
Croats 1,8% Bosnians 1,10%
Muslims 0,53% Hungarians 0,32%
Albanians 0,31% Macedonians 0,20%
Montenegrins 0,14% Gypsys 0,17%
Italians 0,11 %
Austrians, Czechs, Germans, Poles,
Russians all togethel less than 0,1%
Didn’t ansver 8,90% of population
18. Mountain Peca
King Matjaž
Uršlja Mountain
Railway museum
Prežihova crib
Skulpture simposium
Kamniško sedlo
Hydro power plant
Dravograd
Logarska dolina
19. River Island with
long history
Museum of
slovenian
history
The only gothic church in
Slovenia
Suha roba Spa
The biggest monastery River Krka
Ribnica
masks
Hiking way from Litija to Čatež