Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia ranks 49th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, and Colombia. Memorable people born in present day Slovenia include Giuseppe Tartini, Barbara of Cilli, and Slavoj Žižek. Memorable people who died in Slovenia include Josip Broz Tito, France Prešeren, and Carlos Kleiber. 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 Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and 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 2.1 million. Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. 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