Slovenia - Tourism and Travel

The Republic of Slovenia is a country in the northwest Balkans, in central-southern Europe. It has a small coastline on the Adriatic Sea.

Slovenia is 7,819 square miles (20,251 square kilometers) in area.

The country is mountainous. The Kamnik-Savinja Alps and the Julian Alps are in the northwest.

There are lowlands in the valleys of the Sava and Drava rivers and near the coast.

The main rivers flow across the lower eastern parts of the country.

Rivers generally flow underground in the west, where the land is part of a vast limestone karst region.

Postojna, in southwestern Slovenia, has a system of limestone caves that is over 10 miles (16 kilometers) long, with caverns that reach up to 125 feet (40 meters) high.

Slovenia has a Mediterranean climate near the coast. In the interior of the country, the climate is near the continental.

The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana.

2,020,000 people live in Slovenia.

83% of the people are Slovene, 2% are Serb, 2% are Croat and 1% are Bosniak.

Slovenian is the official language.

96% of the population is Roman Catholic. 1% is Muslim.

Grain, potatoes and sugar beets are important agricultural products.

Major industries are consumer goods, electronics and metal processing.

Slovenia was once part of Yugoslavia. It became independent in 1991.