Slovenia (/sloʊˈviːniə, slə-/ sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: (Full article...)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage. Slovenia, following the declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991, ratified the convention on 5 November 1992.
, 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. In the 2010s, three more sites were added, all of them transnational entries: pile dwellings at Ig, part of the Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps transnational site, in 2011, Idrija, as part of the transnational site Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija, in 2012, and two forest reserves, the Krokar and Snežnik–Ždrocle Virgin Forests in 2017, as a part of the extension to the site of Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany. The most recent site added were the works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana, in 2021. Of these five sites, Škocjan Caves and the Primeval Beech Forests are natural sites while the other three are cultural sites, as determined by the organization's selection criteria. (Full article...)Religions in Slovenia
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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 |
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