Page last updated on January 27, 2020
Location:
south Central Europe, Julian Alps between Austria and Croatia
Geographic coordinates:
46 07 N, 14 49 E
Map references:
Europe
Area:
total: 20,273 sq km
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land: 20,151 sq km
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water: 122 sq km
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country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
155
Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than New Jersey
Area comparison map:
slightly smaller than New Jersey
Land boundaries:
total: 1,211 km
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border countries (4):
Austria 299 km, Croatia 600 km, Hungary 94 km, Italy 218 km
Coastline:
46.6 km
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Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12
nm
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Climate:
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east
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Terrain:
a short southwestern coastal strip of Karst topography on the Adriatic; an alpine mountain region lies adjacent to Italy and Austria in the north; mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east
Elevation:
mean elevation: 492 m
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lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Triglav 2,864 m
Natural resources:
lignite, lead, zinc, building stone, hydropower, forests
Land use:
agricultural land: 22.8%
(2011 est.)
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arable land: 8.4%
(2011 est.)
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permanent crops: 1.3%
(2011 est.)
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permanent pasture: 13.1%
(2011 est.)
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forest: 62.3%
(2011 est.)
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other: 14.9%
(2011 est.)
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Irrigated land:
60 sq km
(2012)
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Population distribution:
a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations; pockets in the mountainous northwest exhibit less density than elsewhere
Natural hazards:
flooding; earthquakes
Environment - current issues:
air pollution from road traffic, domestic heating (wood buring), power generation, and industry; water pollution; biodiversity protection
Environment - international agreements:
party to:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
despite its small size, this eastern Alpine country controls some of Europe's major transit routes
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Slovenia on this page is re-published from the 2020 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Slovenia Geography 2020 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovenia Geography 2020 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assigns counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order.
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