FAST FACTS
Political system: Parliamentary republic
Population: 2,05 million
Land surface: 20.273 km2
Capital: Ljubljana, 265.000 inhabitants
Official language: Slovene
International borders: Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia
Telephone code: 386
Independent since 1991 (used to be part of Yugoslavia)
Member of the European Union since 2004
Currency : EURO since 2007
Religion: Roman Catholic
Climate: Alpine, continental, sub-Mediterranean
Length of Adriatic coast: 46,6km