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Slovenia (/sloʊˈviːniə, slə-/ ^ⓘ sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija, abbr.: RS), is a country in southern Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi), and has a population of 2.1 million (2,110,547 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country.

Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages and cultures. Its territory has been part of many different states: the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice, the Illyrian Provinces of Napoleon's First French Empire, the Austrian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In October 1918, the Slovenes co-founded the State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs. In December 1918, they merged with the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During World War II, Germany, Italy, and Hungary occupied and annexed Slovenia, with a tiny area transferred to the Independent State of Croatia, a newly declared Nazi puppet state. In 1945, it again became part of Yugoslavia. Post-war, Yugoslavia was allied with the Eastern Bloc, but after the Tito–Stalin split of 1948, it never subscribed to the Warsaw Pact, and in 1961 it became one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. In June 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia and became an independent sovereign state. (Full article...)

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Bodies in the mine

The Barbara Pit massacre (Slovene: Pokol v Barbara rovu, Croatian: Pokolj u Barbarinom rovu), also known as the Huda Jama massacre, was the mass killing of prisoners of war of Ante Pavelić's NDH Armed Forces and the Slovene Home Guard, as well as civilians, after the end of World War II in Yugoslavia in an abandoned coal mine near Huda Jama, Slovenia. More than a thousand prisoners of war and some civilians were executed by the Yugoslav Partisans during May and June 1945, following the Bleiburg repatriations by the British. The location of the massacre was then sealed with concrete barriers and discussion about it was forbidden.

The mass grave site, one of the largest in Slovenia, was first publicly discussed in 1990, after the fall of communism in Yugoslavia. A memorial chapel was raised near the entrance to the mine in 1997. Investigation of the Barbara Pit mine began in 2008. It took several months for workers to remove concrete walls built after the war to seal the cave. On 3 March 2009, investigators found 427 unidentified bodies at a ditch in the mine. Another 369 corpses were found on the first five meters of a nearby shaft. The Barbara Pit mine was subsequently visited by the Croatian and Slovenian political leadership to pay tribute to the victims. On 25 October 2017, the Slovenian government announced that the remains of 1,416 victims were exhumed from the site and reburied at the Dobrava memorial park near Maribor. (Full article...)

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Image 1A Romantic veduta of Mount Triglav by the Carinthian Slovene painter Markus Pernhart. In the Romantic era, Triglav became one of the symbols of Slovene identity. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 2Bronze breastplate, Hallstatt culture, 600 BC (from History of Slovenia)
Image 3Princely warrior equipment, Hallstatt culture (from History of Slovenia)
Image 4Folk musician Lojze Slak (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 5Planica (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 6Lake Bled (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 7The Ottoman army battling the Habsburgs in present-day Slovenia during the Great Turkish War. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 8Peter Kozler's map of the Slovene Lands, designed during the Spring of Nations in 1848, became the symbol of the quest for a United Slovenia. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 9Piran, a coast town (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 10Postojna Cave (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 11Janez Janša (from History of Slovenia)
Image 12The Freising Manuscripts, dating from the 10th century A.D., most probably written in upper Carinthia, are the oldest surviving documents in Slovene. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 13Members of the Catholic Orel association in Lower Carniola before World War One (from History of Slovenia)
Image 14The proclamation of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs at Congress Square in Ljubljana on 20 October 1918 (from History of Slovenia)
Image 15The sculpture of the poet Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819) was created by Alojz Gangl in 1889 as part of Vodnik Monument, the first Slovene national monument. (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 16The execution of Matija Gubec, leader of the Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt, in 1573. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 17Slavic settlement in 631 under the Slavic King Samo. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 18The annexed western quarter of Slovene ethnic territory, and approximately 327,000 out of the total population of 1.3 million Slovenes, were subjected to forced Fascist Italianization. On the map of present-day Slovenia with its traditional regions' boundaries. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 19Socialist Republic of Slovenia within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (from History of Slovenia)
Image 20Danilo Türk (from History of Slovenia)
Image 21Vače Situla, Hallstatt culture, 5th century BC (from History of Slovenia)
Image 22Gold appliqués, Urnfield culture, c. 1200 BC. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 23Triglav, the highest peak (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 24The Solkan Bridge, built in 1906 (from History of Slovenia)
Image 25Coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (from History of Slovenia)
Image 26Map of Slovenia with ancient Roman provinces and cities (as of 100 A.D.) in green and present-day frontiers in grey. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 27The installation of the Dukes in Carinthia, carried out in an ancient ritual in Slovene until 1414. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 28The Sower (1907), by the Impressionist painter and musician Ivan Grohar, became a metaphor for the Slovenes and was a reflection of the transition from a rural to an urban culture. (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 29Traditional clothing and headgear of folk group in Kranj (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 30Janez Drnovšek, Prime Minister of Slovenia between 1992 and 2002, and president of Slovenia between 2002 and 2007 (from History of Slovenia)
Image 31Part of a late 19th century cannon (from History of Slovenia)
Image 32Chapel ceiling of Brežice Castle (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 33Ljubljana Marshes Wheel, c. 3150 BC (from History of Slovenia)
Image 34Milan Kučan (from History of Slovenia)
Image 35Slovenian dancers at the National Gallery in 2019 (from Culture of Slovenia)

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Image 1The old part of Novo mesto with the Krka river
Image 2Sora river in Škofja Loka
Image 3Panorama of Lake Palčje in southwestern Slovenia during high waters in early winter
Image 4Pietro Stanislao Parisi with family, by Giuseppe Tominz, 1849
Image 5View from Šmarjetna Gora towards Škofja Loka
Image 6Tartini Square, Piran
Image 7North side of Jalovec mountain in the Julian Alps, Slovenia
Image 8Lake Ribnica on Pohorje
Image 9Altar ceiling of St. George's Chapel, Ljubljana Castle
Image 10An alpine meadow in Julian Alps, with Prisojnik and Razor in the back

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Figures are based on the statistics from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.^[1]

Rank	Name	Population			Traditional region
Rank	Name	2023 pop.	2011 pop.	Percentage change	Traditional region
1.	Ljubljana	287.076	272.220	5,46%	Upper and Lower Carniola
2.	Maribor	96.209	95.171	1,09%	Styria
3.	Kranj	37.944	36.874	2,9%	Upper Carniola
4.	Celje	37.188	37.520	–0,88%	Styria
5.	Koper	26.100	24.996	4,42%	Slovene Littoral
6.	Velenje	25.235	25.456	–0.87%	Styria
7.	Novo Mesto	24.234	23.341	3,86%	Lower Carniola
8.	Ptuj	17.984	18.164	–0,99%	Styria
9.	Kamnik	13.800	13.644	1,14%	Upper Carniola
10.	Jesenice	13.702	13.440	1,95%	Upper Carniola
11.	Trbovlje	13.678	15.163	–9,79%	Styria
12.	Domžale	13.222	12.406	6,58%	Upper Carniola
13.	Nova Gorica	13.021	13.178	–1,19%	Slovene Littoral
14.	Škofja Loka	11.797	11.969	–1,44%	Upper Carniola
15.	Izola	11.566	11.223	3,06%	Slovene Littoral
16.	Murska Sobota	11.190	11.614	–3,65%	Prekmurje
17.	Logatec	10.211	8.942	14,19%	Inner Carniola
18.	Postojna	9.987	9.183	8,76%	Inner Carniola
19.	Vrhnika	8.969	8.413	6,60%	Inner Carniola
20.	Slovenska Bistrica	8.301	7.454	11,36%	Styria
21.	Kočevje	8.126	8.672	–6,29%	Lower Carniola
22.	Grosuplje	7.702	7.098	8,51%	Lower Carniola
23.	Slovenj Gradec	7.513	7.519	–0,08%	Styria
24.	Mengeš	7.207	6.112	17,92%	Upper Carniola
25.	Ravne na Koroškem	7.160	6.979	2,59%	Carinthia
26.	Ajdovščina	7.037	6.656	5,72%	Slovene Littoral
27.	Brežice	7.003	6.573	6,54%	Styria
28.	Krško	6.852	7.097	–3,45%	Lower Carniola
29.	Litija	6.688	6.467	3,42%	Upper Carniola
30.	Sežana	6.151	5.531	11,21%	Slovene Littoral
31.	Radovljica	6.099	5.940	2,68%	Upper Carniola
32.	Zagorje ob Savi	6.022	6.439	–6,47%	Upper Carniola
33.	Idrija	5.848	5.955	–1,79%	Slovene Littoral
34.	Črnomelj	5.426	5.776	–6,06%	Lower Carniola
35.	Medvode	5.390	5.178	4,09%	Upper Carniola
36.	Bled	5.240	5.181	1,14%	Upper Carniola
37.	Rogaška Slatina	5.220	5.111	2,13%	Styria
38.	Slovenske Konjice	5.152	4.869	5,81%	Styria
39.	Šentjur	5.017	4.762	5,35%	Styria
40.	Žalec	5.004	4.943	1,23%	Styria
41.	Hrastnik	4.829	5.621	–14,09%	Styria
42.	Prevalje	4.646	4.643	0,06%	Carinthia
43.	Sevnica	4.574	4.660	–1,85%	Styria
44.	Ilirska Bistrica	4.350	4.553	–4,46%	Inner Carniola
45.	Ruše	4.206	4.503	–6,60%	Styria
46.	Cerknica	4.131	3.928	5,17%	Inner Carniola
47.	Trebnje	3.892	3.477	11,93%	Lower Carniola
48.	Tržič	3.811	3.865	–1,40%	Upper Carniola
49.	Piran	3.787	4.192	–9,66%	Slovene Littoral
50.	Ribnica	3.704	3.604	2,77%	Lower Carniola
51.	Šempeter pri Gorici	3.622	3.760	–3,67%	Slovene Littoral
52.	Žiri	3.743	3.588	4,31%	Upper Carniola
53.	Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah	3.449	3.006	14,74%	Styria
54.	Ljutomer	3.244	3.460	–6,24%	Styria
55.	Laško	3.278	3.456	–5,15%	Styria
56.	Metlika	3.236	3.273	–1,13%	Lower Carniola
57.	Tolmin	3.228	3.534	–8,68%	Slovene Littoral
58.	Gornja Radgona	3.159	3.159	0,00%	Styria
59.	Mežica	3.127	3.254	–3,90%	Carinthia
60.	Dravograd	3.087	3.289	–6,14%	Carinthia
61.	Zreče	3.055	2.935	4,09%	Styria
62.	Šoštanj	2.971	2.880	3,16%	Styria
63.	Železniki	2.879	3.075	–6,37%	Upper Carniola
64.	Lendava	2.827	3.129	–9,65%	Prekmurje
65.	Ormož	1.986	2.174	–8,64%	Styria
66.	Radeče	1.926	2.168	–11,16%	Lower Carniola
67.	Bovec	1.539	1.631	–5,64%	Slovene Littoral
68.	Višnja Gora	1.139	1.000	13.90%	Lower Carniola
69.	Kostanjevica na Krki	688	695	–1.01%	Lower Carniola

↑ "Population by large and five-year age groups and sex, settlements, Slovenia, annually (in Slovenian)". Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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[1] "Population by large and five-year age groups and sex, settlements, Slovenia, annually (in Slovenian)". Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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