Facts about Slovenia
Slovenia is one of the youngest European countries, having become an independent state in 1991 after the collapse of the Yugoslav federation. Slovenia became the 176th member of the UN and is a full member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement, a participant in NATO's Partnership for Peace, a founding member of WTO and an associate member of the EU.
Geographical Characteristics
Location: Slovenia is situated in Central Europe
Area: 20,273 km2
Border Length (km): With Austria 333, Italy 232, Hungary 102, Croatia 670 (total: 1334 km)
Coastline: 46,6 km
Landscape
Forests: 10,124 km2
Grasslands: 5,539 km2
Fields and gardens: 2,471 km2
Orchards: 363 km2
Vineyards: 216 km2
Climate
The major part of Slovenia has a continental climate, with cold winters and warm summers. The average temepratures are -2oC in January and 21oC in July. The average rainfall is 1000 mm for the coast, up to 3500 mm for the Alps and 1400 mm for central SLovenia.
PEOPLE
Population: 1,976,290
Gay populaton: 1/20 in the cities
Official language: Slovene (which apart from singular and plural employs dual number, a very rare phenomenon in linguistics).
In nationally mixed regions also Italian and Hungarian. |
