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| Population: |
2.040.934 inhabitants (9.12.2008) |
| Geographical Position: |
Slovenia is a Central European country. |
| Area: |
20,273 km2 |
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| The Republic of Slovenia is a Democratic Republic
founded on the principle of separation of powers into a legislative,
executive and judiciary powers.
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| Capital: |
Ljubljana (June 2008: 263.149 inhabitants) |
| President of the Republic: |
Danilo Türk, PhD |
| Prime Minister: |
Borut Pahor |
| President of the National Assembly: |
Pavel Gantar, PhD |
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| Independence/National Statehood Day: |
25 June |
| Ethnic communities: |
Italian and Hungarian |
| Other ethnic groups: |
Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, Yugoslavs, Montenegrins
and Albanians (The majority of members of these ethnicities
had arrived to the Republic of Slovenia after the Second World
War as economic immigrants.). Slovenia is also a resident
country of the Roma community. Its position and privileges
are governed by the law. |
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| Official language: |
the Slovenian language, as well as Hungarian
and Italian in ethnically mixed areas. |
| Religion: |
The majority of population are Roman Catholics;
in Slovenia, there are also thirty other religious communities
that have officially registered their activities. |
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| Currency: |
euro (EUR), 1 January 2007 |
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| GDP per capita EUR: |
9.463 EUR (1998); 10.194 EUR (1999); 10.543 EUR (2000); 11.094 EUR (2001); 11.866 EUR (2002); 12.461 EUR (2003); 13.146 EUR (2004); 13.807 EUR (2005); 15.167 EUR (2006); 17.076 EUR (2007). |
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| Active working population (September 2008): |
796.122 employed, 89.199 self-employed persons. |
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| Climate: |
Alpine, Continental, and Mediterranean |
| Time zone: |
Central European Time, GMT + 1, summer GMT
+2 |
| Average temperatures: |
July 21°C, January 0°C |
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| Voltage: |
230V |
| Units of measure: |
metric |
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| Border length: |
330 km of border with Austria, 280 km with
Italy, 102 km with Hungary and 670 km with Croatia; a total
of 1,382 km. |
| Coastal area: |
46.6 km |
| The highest peak: |
Triglav, 2,864 m |
| Geometrical Centre of the Republic
of Slovenia: |
Vače |
| Average height above the sea level: |
556.8 m |
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| Universities: |
University of Ljubljana, University of Maribor
and University of Primorska |
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