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General information
Common nameSlovenia
Local name 
Anthem7th stanza of Zdravljica,
melody by Stanko Premrl1
Largest citycapital
Official languagesSlovene2
Regional languagesHungarian, Italian
Ethnic groups83.1% Slovenes,
2.0% Serbs,
1.8% Croats,
1.1% Bosniaks, 12.0% others and unspecified (2002)
DemonymSlovenian, Slovene
GovernmentParliamentary republic
PresidentDanilo Türk
Prime MinisterBorut Pahor
From Austro-Hungarian Empire, forming State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs29 October 1918
From Yugoslavia25 June 1991
EU accession1 May 2004
Total Area7827 sq mi (20271.9 km2) (153rd)
Water %0.7
Population Est.2048951 (145th)
Population census1964036 (2002)
Density (pop.)101.1/km2 (106th) (262/sq mi)
GDP PPP$56.314 billion (2010)
GDP (PPP) per capita$28.030 (32)
GDP (nominal)$46.442 billion (2010)
GDP (nominal) per capita$23,009
Other information
Gini28.4 (2007) (low)
HDI(+) 0.828 (2010) (very high) (29th)
CurrencyEuro (-)3 (EUR)
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Drives on theright
Internet TLD.si4
Calling code386

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Slovenia (c-enaudio=en-us-Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia ( , -slreˈpublika sloˈveːnijaRepublika-slovenija, is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of coastline along the Adriatic Sea. It covers an area of 20273 km2 (20273000000 m2) and has a population of 2.05 million. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.

Historically, the current territory of Slovenia was part of many different state formations, including the Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, followed by the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1918, the Slovenes exercised self-determination for the first time by co-founding the internationally unrecognized State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs. During World War II, Slovenia was occupied and annexed by Germany, Italy, Hungary and Croatia only to emerge afterwards reunified with its western part as a founding member of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1991, Slovenia declared full sovereignty. Today, Slovenia is a member of the European Union, the Eurozone, the Schengen area, NATO and OECD. Per capita, it is the richest Slavic nation-state, at 85.5% of the EU27 average GDP (PPP) per capita.


Slovenia is a largely secularised country; however, major religions are politically and legally privileged. Roman Catholicism is the most prevalent religion. The development of the Slovenian identity was also markedly influenced by Protestantism in the centuries past.

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