Slovenia Times

SLOVENIA OVERVIEW
Slovenia:
Facts & Figures
400 km Radius
• More than 45 million consumers
• 11 countries, jointly representing more
than 40% of the total GDP of the EU
Name: Republic of Slovenia
Political system: Parliamentary democracy since 1991
International membership: Member of the EU; NATO; OECD
Capital: Ljubljana
Official language: Slovene with some border areas
speaking Italian and Hungarian
Currency: Euro
International dialing code: +386
Internet address: .si
President of the Republic:
H.E. Dr Borut Pahor (since December 2012)
GDP: €18,679 (2015)
Average gross wage: €1,520.88 (February 2014)
POPULATION
Number of inhabitants: 2,064,188 (May 2016)
Population density: 99.1 inhabitants per km 2
Nationalities (2002 census): Slovene 1,631,363;
Hungarian 6,243; Italian 2,258; other 324,172
Religion: Roman Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%,
Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%,
other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1%
Main cities: Ljubljana (261,700), Maribor (108,600),
Kranj (39,400), Celje (38,400)
GEOGRAPHY
Area: 20,273 km2
Time zone: GMT/UTC +1
Length of borders: 1,370km
Length of coastline: 46.6km
Landscape: Alpine in the north, mediterranean in the south
west, dinaric in the south and pannonian in the east
Climate: Continental in central Slovenia, alpine in the north
west and sub-mediterrenian along the coast and its hinterland
Average temperature: January -2º°C; July +21°C
Highest mountain: Triglav, 2,864 meters
Longest river: Sava, 221km
Largest lake: Cerknica, 26km 2
Highest waterfall: Čedca, 130m
Longest and deepest tourist krast cave: Postojnska jama, 19.5 km
Protected natural park: Triglav National Park, 83,808 ha
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