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Business in Slovenia: Country and People
Here you will get to know more about the administrative structure, the population as well as geographic data of Slovenia...
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General administrative structure |
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Official flag of Slovenia
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Conventional short form:
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Slovenia (Slovenija)
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Conventional long form:
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Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija)
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Total area (km²): 1)
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20.273 km²
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Population: 1)
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2.007.711 (July 2008 est.)
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Capital:
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Ljubljana
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Government type: 1)
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parliamentary republic
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Chief of state: 1)
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President Danilo Turk (since 22 December 2007)
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Head of government: 1)
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Prime Minister Janez Jansa (since 9 November 2004)
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Administrative districts:
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182 municipalities (obcine, singular: obcina) and 11 urban municipalities* (mestne obcine, singular: mestna obcina): |
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- Celje*
- Koper-Capodistria*
- Kranj*
- Ljubljana*
- Maribor*
- Murska Sobota*
- Nova Gorica*
- Novo Mesto*
- Ptuj*
- Slovenj Gradec*
- Velenje*
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Official language:
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Slovenian
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Currency (code):
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Euro (since 1st January 2007)
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Country code:
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00386
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Country symbol:
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SI
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Internet country code:
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.si
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National holiday:
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25 June (1991)
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Age structure (2008 est.):1)
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0-14 years:
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13.6% (m: 140.686; f: 132.778) |
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15-64 years:
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70.1% (m: 709.689; f: 697.862) |
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65 years and over:
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16.3% (m: 127.313; f: 199.383) |
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Median age (2008 est.): 1)
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total:
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41.4 years |
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male:
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39.8 years |
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female:
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42.9 years |
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| Languages: 1) |
- Slovenian (official)
- besides: Serbo-Croatian
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1.928.000 (2007) |
| Internet hosts: 1) |
134.266 (2007) |
| Internet users: 1) |
1.300.000 (2007)
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Geographic location
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Central Europe; between Austria and Croatia
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Land boundaries: 1)
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1.382 km
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Border countries:
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- Italy: 280 km
- Croatia: 670 km
- Austria: 330 km
- Hungary: 102 km
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Coastline: 1)
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46.6 km
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Natural resources: 1)
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lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower, forests
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Climate: 1)
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Mediterranean climate on the coast; continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and villages in the east.
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Sources of information:
1) CIA World Factbook, updated on 9 October, 2008
(c) Copyright 2005, Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V. / Creditreform International e.V.
kindly supported by Creditreform d.o.o. Ljubljana
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