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Slovenia (/sloʊˈviːniə, slə-/ ⓘ sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija, abbr.: RS), is a country in southern Central Europe. Slovenia is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi), and has a population of 2.1 million (2,110,547 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country.
Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages and cultures. Its territory has been part of many different states: the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice, the Illyrian Provinces of Napoleon's First French Empire, the Austrian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In October 1918, the Slovenes co-founded the State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs. In December 1918, they merged with the Kingdom of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During World War II, Germany, Italy, and Hungary occupied and annexed Slovenia, with a tiny area transferred to the Independent State of Croatia, a newly declared Nazi puppet state. In 1945, it again became part of Yugoslavia. Post-war, Yugoslavia was allied with the Eastern Bloc, but after the Tito–Stalin split of 1948, it never subscribed to the Warsaw Pact, and in 1961 it became one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. In June 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia and became an independent sovereign state. (Full article...)
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The list of Odonata species of Slovenia includes 72 species of dragonflies and damselflies (Slovene: kačji pastirji) for which reliable records exist from the present-day territory of Slovenia, including one that has not been seen since the 1960s and is presumed to have been extirpated (locally extinct), but could have simply been overlooked. The list is based on two reference works: Atlas of the Dragonflies (Odonata) of Slovenia, a joint publication of the Slovene Odonatological Society and the Slovene Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora from 1997, and the newer Atlas of the European dragonflies and damselflies (2015), supported by other, more recent publications in which new species described after 1997 were documented.
Odonata species from the territory of present-day Slovenia were systematically studied by the naturalists Johann Weikhard von Valvasor and Giovanni Antonio Scopoli as early as the 17th and 18th centuries; however, the first systematic compendium was only published in the 1960s by the Slovene zoologist Boštjan Kiauta . The distribution of Odonata in Slovenia is now fairly well known by international standards, with Slovenia having been one of the first European countries for which a full account of faunistic data (an "atlas") was published. The number of species (72) represents almost exactly half of the European species (143) and is comparable with the number of species of Germany (81) and Spain (80), both much larger countries. Slovenian odonate fauna is therefore considered highly diverse, which is attributed to the country's position on the junction of several ecoregions where many species reach the border of their distribution. (Full article...)Did you know (auto-generated)
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Rank | Name | Population | Traditional region | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 pop. | 2011 pop. | Percentage change | |||
1.
|
Ljubljana | 287.076
|
272.220
|
5,46%
|
Upper and Lower Carniola |
2.
|
Maribor | 96.209
|
95.171
|
1,09%
|
Styria |
3.
|
Kranj | 37.944
|
36.874
|
2,9%
|
Upper Carniola |
4.
|
Celje | 37.188
|
37.520
|
–0,88%
|
Styria |
5.
|
Koper | 26.100
|
24.996
|
4,42%
|
Slovene Littoral |
6.
|
Velenje | 25.235
|
25.456
|
–0.87%
|
Styria |
7.
|
Novo Mesto | 24.234
|
23.341
|
3,86%
|
Lower Carniola |
8.
|
Ptuj | 17.984
|
18.164
|
–0,99%
|
Styria |
9.
|
Kamnik | 13.800
|
13.644
|
1,14%
|
Upper Carniola |
10.
|
Jesenice | 13.702
|
13.440
|
1,95%
|
Upper Carniola |
11.
|
Trbovlje | 13.678
|
15.163
|
–9,79%
|
Styria |
12.
|
Domžale | 13.222
|
12.406
|
6,58%
|
Upper Carniola |
13.
|
Nova Gorica | 13.021
|
13.178
|
–1,19%
|
Slovene Littoral |
14.
|
Škofja Loka | 11.797
|
11.969
|
–1,44%
|
Upper Carniola |
15.
|
Izola | 11.566
|
11.223
|
3,06%
|
Slovene Littoral |
16.
|
Murska Sobota | 11.190
|
11.614
|
–3,65%
|
Prekmurje |
17.
|
Logatec | 10.211
|
8.942
|
14,19%
|
Inner Carniola |
18.
|
Postojna | 9.987
|
9.183
|
8,76%
|
Inner Carniola |
19.
|
Vrhnika | 8.969
|
8.413
|
6,60%
|
Inner Carniola |
20.
|
Slovenska Bistrica | 8.301
|
7.454
|
11,36%
|
Styria |
21.
|
Kočevje | 8.126
|
8.672
|
–6,29%
|
Lower Carniola |
22.
|
Grosuplje | 7.702
|
7.098
|
8,51%
|
Lower Carniola |
23.
|
Slovenj Gradec | 7.513
|
7.519
|
–0,08%
|
Styria |
24.
|
Mengeš | 7.207
|
6.112
|
17,92%
|
Upper Carniola |
25.
|
Ravne na Koroškem | 7.160
|
6.979
|
2,59%
|
Carinthia |
26.
|
Ajdovščina | 7.037
|
6.656
|
5,72%
|
Slovene Littoral |
27.
|
Brežice | 7.003
|
6.573
|
6,54%
|
Styria |
28.
|
Krško | 6.852
|
7.097
|
–3,45%
|
Lower Carniola |
29.
|
Litija | 6.688
|
6.467
|
3,42%
|
Upper Carniola |
30.
|
Sežana | 6.151
|
5.531
|
11,21%
|
Slovene Littoral |
31.
|
Radovljica | 6.099
|
5.940
|
2,68%
|
Upper Carniola |
32.
|
Zagorje ob Savi | 6.022
|
6.439
|
–6,47%
|
Upper Carniola |
33.
|
Idrija | 5.848
|
5.955
|
–1,79%
|
Slovene Littoral |
34.
|
Črnomelj | 5.426
|
5.776
|
–6,06%
|
Lower Carniola |
35.
|
Medvode | 5.390
|
5.178
|
4,09%
|
Upper Carniola |
36.
|
Bled | 5.240
|
5.181
|
1,14%
|
Upper Carniola |
37.
|
Rogaška Slatina | 5.220
|
5.111
|
2,13%
|
Styria |
38.
|
Slovenske Konjice | 5.152
|
4.869
|
5,81%
|
Styria |
39.
|
Šentjur | 5.017
|
4.762
|
5,35%
|
Styria |
40.
|
Žalec | 5.004
|
4.943
|
1,23%
|
Styria |
41.
|
Hrastnik | 4.829
|
5.621
|
–14,09%
|
Styria |
42.
|
Prevalje | 4.646
|
4.643
|
0,06%
|
Carinthia |
43.
|
Sevnica | 4.574
|
4.660
|
–1,85%
|
Styria |
44.
|
Ilirska Bistrica | 4.350
|
4.553
|
–4,46%
|
Inner Carniola |
45.
|
Ruše | 4.206
|
4.503
|
–6,60%
|
Styria |
46.
|
Cerknica | 4.131
|
3.928
|
5,17%
|
Inner Carniola |
47.
|
Trebnje | 3.892
|
3.477
|
11,93%
|
Lower Carniola |
48.
|
Tržič | 3.811
|
3.865
|
–1,40%
|
Upper Carniola |
49.
|
Piran | 3.787
|
4.192
|
–9,66%
|
Slovene Littoral |
50.
|
Ribnica | 3.704
|
3.604
|
2,77%
|
Lower Carniola |
51.
|
Šempeter pri Gorici | 3.622
|
3.760
|
–3,67%
|
Slovene Littoral |
52.
|
Žiri | 3.743
|
3.588
|
4,31%
|
Upper Carniola |
53.
|
Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah | 3.449
|
3.006
|
14,74%
|
Styria |
54.
|
Ljutomer | 3.244
|
3.460
|
–6,24%
|
Styria |
55.
|
Laško | 3.278
|
3.456
|
–5,15%
|
Styria |
56.
|
Metlika | 3.236
|
3.273
|
–1,13%
|
Lower Carniola |
57.
|
Tolmin | 3.228
|
3.534
|
–8,68%
|
Slovene Littoral |
58.
|
Gornja Radgona | 3.159
|
3.159
|
0,00%
|
Styria |
59.
|
Mežica | 3.127
|
3.254
|
–3,90%
|
Carinthia |
60.
|
Dravograd | 3.087
|
3.289
|
–6,14%
|
Carinthia |
61.
|
Zreče | 3.055
|
2.935
|
4,09%
|
Styria |
62.
|
Šoštanj | 2.971
|
2.880
|
3,16%
|
Styria |
63.
|
Železniki | 2.879
|
3.075
|
–6,37%
|
Upper Carniola |
64.
|
Lendava | 2.827
|
3.129
|
–9,65%
|
Prekmurje |
65.
|
Ormož | 1.986
|
2.174
|
–8,64%
|
Styria |
66.
|
Radeče | 1.926
|
2.168
|
–11,16%
|
Lower Carniola |
67.
|
Bovec | 1.539
|
1.631
|
–5,64%
|
Slovene Littoral |
68.
|
Višnja Gora | 1.139
|
1.000
|
13.90%
|
Lower Carniola |
69.
|
Kostanjevica na Krki | 688
|
695
|
–1.01%
|
Lower Carniola |
- ^ "Population by large and five-year age groups and sex, settlements, Slovenia, annually (in Slovenian)". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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