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General Information
Area: 20,253 sq km (7820 sq miles).
Population: 1,930,132 (2001).
Population Density: 95.3 per sq km.
Capital: Ljubljana. Population: 321,235 (2002).
GEOGRAPHY: This compact and strategically important country is dominated by mountains, rivers and major north–south and east–west transit routes. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast and Croatia to the southeast, with a 47km (30-mile) Adriatic Sea coastline, where the main port is Koper.
Government: Republic since 1991. Gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Head of State: President Janes Drnovsek since 2003. Head of Government: Prime Minister Anton Rop since 2003.
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Language: Slovene, which is closely related to Croat and Czech. Most Slovenes speak German, Hungarian or Italian, with English as a second language.
Religion: Most of the population is Roman Catholic, with small communities of other Christians including Eastern Orthodox; there are Muslim and Jewish minorities.
Time: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October).
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz.
Telephone
IDD is available. Country code: 386. Outgoing international code: 00. Calls can be made with magnetic phonecards. For emergencies, dial 112 (ambulance service and fire brigade) or 113 (police).
Mobile telephone
GSM 1800/900 networks cover nearly the whole country. Main network operators include Mobitel (website: www.mobitel.si), SIMobil (website: www.simobil.si) and Vega (website: www.ww-int.si).
Fax
Available to and from countries worldwide.
Internet
ISPs include Boter (website: www.boter.net). There are Internet cafes.
Telegram
Facilities are limited.
Post
Reasonable internal service. Stamps can be bought at bookstalls. Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1800, Sat 0800-1200. The post office at Cigaletova 5, Ljubljana is open 24 hours.
Press
The main local newspaper is Delo (Ljubljana). The state news agency, STA, produces material in English for international distribution on a daily basis. English-language publications include Ars Vivendi, Slovenian Business Report, Slovenija and Slovenia Weekly. The state TV and radio station RTS produces regular news and other broadcasts in English and other West European languages during the tourist season.
BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change.
BBC (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice):
Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov):
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