Litija

Litija
Litija
Town
	From top, left to right: Overview of Litija, St. Nicholas' Church, Library, Turn Castle, Railway Station, Litija Riverbank
	Coat of arms
	Litija Location of Litija in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°04′N 14°49′E / 46.067°N 14.817°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Sava
Municipality	Litija
Government
• Mayor	Franci Rokavec
Area
• Total	5.3 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	6,505
• Density	1,231/km2 (3,190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LJ

Litija (pronounced [liˈtiːja] ^ⓘ; German: Littai^[2]) is a town in the Litija Basin in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Litija. It is located in the valley of the Sava River, east of the capital Ljubljana, in the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 it was part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. The town is home to about 6,500 people.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Litija, Litija". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 90, 92–93.