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Map of Slovenia with ancient Roman provinces and cities (as of 100 A.D.) in green and present-day frontiers in grey. In the Iron Age, present-day Slovenia was inhabited by Illyrian and Celtic tribes until the 1st century BC, when the Romans conquered the region establishing the provinces of Pannonia and Noricum.
Western Slovenia (Zahodna Slovenija) is one of the two NUTS-2 Regions of Slovenia. The region forms the western part of the country and includes the cities of Ljubljana, Kranj, Koper and Nova Gorica. It is the wealthier of the two regions of Slovenia. Western Slovenia (SI02) is divided into the following statistical regions: Central Slovenia
The location of Slovenia An enlargeable map of the Republic of Slovenia. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Slovenia: . Slovenia – sovereign country located in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north. [1]
This is a timeline of Slovenian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Slovenia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Slovenia. See also the list of presidents of Slovenia. third century BC Year Date Event 250 BC The Celtic La Tène culture comes to the territories of modern Slovenia, replacing the ...
The annexed western quarter of Slovene speaking territory, and approximately 327,000 out of the total population of 1.3 [72] million Slovenes, [73] were subjected to forced Fascist Italianization. On the map of present-day Slovenia with its traditional regions' boundaries.
Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, [16] covers 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi), [17] and has a population of approximately 2.1 million. [18] Slovene is the official language. [19] Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, [20] with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps.
According to him, at the time of migration or prior to it, Western South Slavic (WSS) was a "largely uniform common" language, but if attempted a "prehistoric dialect division" per isoglosses until the 9th century, it would be divided into a sub-western part (Slovenian, Kajkavian, Chakavian and Shchakavian dialects) and sub-eastern part ...
Slovenia, following the declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991, ratified the convention on 5 November 1992. [3] As of 2024, there are five sites in Slovenia on the list and a further four on the tentative list. The first site in Slovenia to be added to the list was Škocjan Caves, at the 10th UNESCO session in 1986. [4]