Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia ranks 50th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and Estonia. Memorable people born in present day Slovenia include Barbara of Cilli, Giuseppe Tartini, and France Prešeren. Memorable people who died in Slovenia include Josip Broz Tito, Vittore Carpaccio, and France Prešeren. Slovenia has been the birth place of many soccer players, and skiers and the death place of many writers, and politicians.

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in southern Central Europe. Slovenia is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi), and has a population of approximately 2.1 million. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country. Read more on Wikipedia