Slovenia facts

Knowing some slovenia facts before travelling in this beautiful country is always a good idea. Although we are not Wikipedia we'll give you here a rough overview.

Where is Slovenia?

The most slovenia fans will know this. For all others: Slovenia is located in southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. More than two million people live there. The country is bordering Hungary in the east and Italy on the west. Austria is bordering the country on the north.

Political Situation

Slovenia is an independent country since 1991. Before that, it belonged to Yugoslavia.

Topology and Regions

The Republic of Slovenia is divided in four natural regions: The alpine landscape on the north, the prealpine hills on the east, the mediterranean landscape in the southwest, where the country is bordering the Adriatic Sea with the Golf of Trieste, and the dinaric landscape on the middle south part. The highest peak of Slovenia is Triglav with its 2864 metres. Approximately 50 % of the country is covered by forests.

Tourism

Slovenia is open to tourism since 1991. There are best conditions for winter sports, wandering, hiking, climbing, surfing, sailing and so on. It is said, Yugoslavia is the birth place of skiing. The landscape is marvellous all over of the country and ideal for slovenia tourism.

Largest Towns

Highest frequented by tourists is the historic city centre of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. There are a lot of traces of the Habsburg regency as well as numerous gothic churches in this town. Additional you can see nice art nouveau buildings there. The largest town in east Slovenia is Maribor on Drau River with its more than 100000 inhabitants.

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