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| AREA |
20,253
sq km (7820 sq miles). |
| POPULATION |
1,984,923 (1997). |
| POPULATION DENSITY |
98.0 per sq km. |
| CAPITAL |
Ljubljana. |
| CAPITAL
POPULATION |
320,000 (1995). |
| GEOGRAPHY |
This compact and strategically
important country is dominated by mountains,
rivers and major north–south and east–west
transit routes. Slovenia borders Italy to
the west, Austria to the north, Hungary
to the northeast and Croatia to the southeast,
plus a 47km (30-mile) Adriatic Sea coastline,
where the main port is Koper. |
| GOVERNMENT |
Republic since 1991.
Gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1992.
Head of State: President Milan Kucan since
1990. Head of Government: Prime Minister
Janez Drnovsek since 1992. |
| LANGUAGE |
Slovene, which is closely
related to Croat and Czech. Most Slovenes
speak English, German or Italian as a second
language. |
| RELIGION |
90% Roman Catholic,
3% Eastern Orthodox, with Muslim and Jewish
minorities. |
| STANDARD
TIME |
GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from
last Sunday in March to Saturday before
last Sunday in October). |
| ELECTRICITY |
220 volts AC, 50Hz. |
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