Official Name: Republika Slovenija (Republic of Slovenia)

Area: Europe

Size: 20,273 km

Coastline: 46.6 km

Independence: from Yugoslavia  June 25, 1991 

Form of Govt.: Unitary multiparty republic

Head of Govt.: President

Capital: Ljubljana

Largest City: Ljubljana

Demographics (2005): 2,011,614.   99 /km²

Slovenian 83.06%, Croat 1.81%, Serb 1.98%, Bosniak 1.10%, Italian 0.11%,

GDP per Capita (2005): $25,266

Languages: Slovenian (official), Italian and Hungarian

Geography: The country has an Alpine terrain while in the northwest and north, several ranges of the Eastern Alps such as the Pohorije, Karawanken, Savinja Alps and the Julian Alps rise to Mt. Triglav, the country's highest point. To the south the northern edge of the Dinaric Alps as well as the limestone Kras Plateau are found while the lowlands are located to the east and along the Adriatic coast to the west. The principal rivers are the Sava and Drava, and there are also several Bled or mountain glacial lakes and Kras lakes.

Climate: Slovenia has a moderately continental climate inland with cold winters and warm summers while along the coast the climate can be described as subtropical Mediterranean. Average annual precipitation varies from 800 to 2,000 mm, although it can exceed 2,000 mm in the mountains. Average temperature ranges are from 0 to 2 degrees in January to 18 to 19 degrees in July.