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Slovenia (/sloʊˈviːniə, slə-/ ^ⓘ sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: (Full article...)

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Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia, located along a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, north of the country's largest marsh, inhabited since prehistoric times. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center.

During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the area. The city was first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century. It was the historical capital of Carniola, one of the Slovene-inhabited parts of the Habsburg monarchy. It was under Habsburg rule from the Middle Ages until the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. After World War II, Ljubljana became the capital of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The city retained this status until Slovenia became independent in 1991 and Ljubljana became the capital of the newly formed state. (Full article...)

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... that cricket was introduced to Slovenia in 1974 by a 13-year-old boy who had visited his pen pal in England and brought back a single bat and a copy of the Laws?

...that the Celts and Illyrians introduced winemaking to Slovenia long before it was commonly practiced in France, Germany and Spain?

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Image 1Vače Situla, Hallstatt culture, 5th century BC (from History of Slovenia)
Image 2The 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 3Slavic settlement in 631 under the Slavic King Samo. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 4Bronze breastplate, Hallstatt culture, 600 BC (from History of Slovenia)
Image 5Peter 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 6The execution of Matija Gubec, leader of the Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt, in 1573. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 7Planica (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 8Folk musician Lojze Slak (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 9The proclamation of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs at Congress Square in Ljubljana on 20 October 1918 (from History of Slovenia)
Image 10Gold appliqués, Urnfield culture, c. 1200 BC. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 11The 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 12Postojna Cave (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 13The installation of the Dukes in Carinthia, carried out in an ancient ritual in Slovene until 1414. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 14Socialist Republic of Slovenia within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (from History of Slovenia)
Image 15Part of a late 19th century cannon (from History of Slovenia)
Image 16Princely warrior equipment, Hallstatt culture (from History of Slovenia)
Image 17Triglav, the highest peak (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 18Piran, a coast town (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 19Milan Kučan (from History of Slovenia)
Image 20Members of the Catholic Orel association in Lower Carniola before World War One (from History of Slovenia)
Image 21Coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (from History of Slovenia)
Image 22The 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 23Praetorian Palace in the 19th century (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 24Lake Bled (from Tourism in Slovenia)
Image 25Slovenian dancers at the National Gallery in 2019 (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 26The Solkan Bridge, built in 1906 (from History of Slovenia)
Image 27A 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 28Ljubljana Marshes Wheel, c. 3150 BC (from History of Slovenia)
Image 29Janez Janša (from History of Slovenia)
Image 30Traditional clothing and headgear of folk group in Kranj (from Culture of Slovenia)
Image 31Map 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 32Danilo Türk (from History of Slovenia)
Image 33The Ottoman army battling the Habsburgs in present-day Slovenia during the Great Turkish War. (from History of Slovenia)
Image 34Janez Drnovšek, Prime Minister of Slovenia between 1992 and 2002, and president of Slovenia between 2002 and 2007 (from History of Slovenia)
Image 35The 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)

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

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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	2024 pop.	2011 pop.	Percentage change	Traditional region
1.	Ljubljana	288,382	272,220	5.94%	Upper and Lower Carniola
2.	Maribor	97,068	95,171	1.99%	Styria
3.	Kranj	37,802	36,874	2.52%	Upper Carniola
4.	Celje	37,727	37,520	0.55%	Styria
5.	Koper	26,305	24,996	5.24%	Slovene Littoral
6.	Velenje	25,473	25,456	0.07%	Styria
7.	Novo Mesto	24,446	23,341	4.73%	Lower Carniola
8.	Ptuj	18,274	18,164	0.61%	Styria
9.	Kamnik	13,807	13,644	1.19%	Upper Carniola
10.	Jesenice	13,778	13,440	2.51%	Upper Carniola
11.	Trbovlje	13,742	15,163	–9.37%	Styria
12.	Domžale	13,316	12,406	7.34%	Upper Carniola
13.	Nova Gorica	13,043	13,178	–1.02%	Slovene Littoral
14.	Škofja Loka	11,887	11,969	–0.69%	Upper Carniola
15.	Izola	11,489	11,223	2.37%	Slovene Littoral
16.	Murska Sobota	11,075	11,614	–4.64%	Prekmurje
17.	Logatec	10,144	8,942	13.44%	Inner Carniola
18.	Postojna	10,079	9,183	9.76%	Inner Carniola
19.	Vrhnika	9,125	8,413	8.46%	Inner Carniola
20.	Slovenska Bistrica	8,292	7,454	11.24%	Styria
21.	Kočevje	8,147	8,672	–6.05%	Lower Carniola
22.	Grosuplje	7,804	7,098	9.95%	Lower Carniola
23.	Slovenj Gradec	7,651	7,519	1.76%	Styria
24.	Mengeš	7,253	6,112	18.67%	Upper Carniola
25.	Ravne na Koroškem	7,183	6,979	2.93%	Carinthia
26.	Ajdovščina	7,072	6,656	6.25%	Slovene Littoral
27.	Brežice	6,961	6,573	5.9%	Styria
28.	Krško	6,884	7,097	–3%	Lower Carniola
29.	Litija	6,710	6,467	3.76%	Upper Carniola
30.	Sežana	6,146	5,531	11.12%	Slovene Littoral
31.	Radovljica	6,099	5,940	2.68%	Upper Carniola
32.	Zagorje ob Savi	6,037	6,439	–6.24%	Upper Carniola
33.	Idrija	5,793	5,955	–2.72%	Slovene Littoral
34.	Črnomelj	5,473	5,776	–5.25%	Lower Carniola
35.	Medvode	5,343	5,178	3.19%	Upper Carniola
36.	Slovenske Konjice	5,233	4,869	7.48%	Styria
37.	Bled	5,202	5,181	0.41%	Upper Carniola
38.	Rogaška Slatina	5,177	5,111	1.29%	Styria
39.	Žalec	5,082	4,943	2.81%	Styria
40.	Šentjur	5,007	4,762	5.14%	Styria
41.	Hrastnik	4,794	5,621	–14.71%	Styria
42.	Sevnica	4,591	4,660	–1.48%	Styria
43.	Prevalje	4,590	4,643	–1.14%	Carinthia
44.	Ilirska Bistrica	4,352	4,553	–4.41%	Inner Carniola
45.	Ruše	4,233	4,503	–6%	Styria
46.	Cerknica	4,132	3,928	5.19%	Inner Carniola
47.	Trebnje	3,938	3,477	13.26%	Lower Carniola
48.	Tržič	3,821	3,865	–1.14%	Upper Carniola
49.	Žiri	3,736	3,588	4.12%	Upper Carniola
50.	Ribnica	3,725	3,604	3.36%	Lower Carniola
51.	Piran	3,671	4,192	–12.43%	Slovene Littoral
52.	Šempeter pri Gorici	3,634	3,760	–3.35%	Slovene Littoral
53.	Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah	3,436	3,006	14.3%	Styria
54.	Laško	3,328	3,456	–3.7%	Styria
55.	Ljutomer	3,256	3,460	–5.9%	Styria
56.	Metlika	3,212	3,273	–1.86%	Lower Carniola
57.	Tolmin	3,196	3,534	–9.56%	Slovene Littoral
58.	Gornja Radgona	3,144	3,159	–0.47%	Styria
59.	Mežica	3,120	3,254	–4.12%	Carinthia
60.	Zreče	3,063	2,935	4.36%	Styria
61.	Šoštanj	3,052	2,880	5.97%	Styria
62.	Dravograd	3,051	3,289	–7.24%	Carinthia
63.	Železniki	2,906	3,075	–5.5%	Upper Carniola
64.	Lendava	2,818	3,129	–9.94%	Prekmurje
65.	Radeče	1,937	2,168	–10.66%	Lower Carniola
66.	Ormož	1,923	2,174	–11.55%	Styria
67.	Bovec	1,554	1,631	–4.72%	Slovene Littoral
68.	Višnja Gora	1,192	1,000	19.2%	Lower Carniola
69.	Kostanjevica na Krki	698	695	0.43%	Lower Carniola