Škocjan
Škocjan is a small settlement in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Nearby Škocjan Caves is named after the village. The local church is dedicated to Saint Cantianius and belongs to the parish of Rodik.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 6 residents
- Description: in Divača Municipality
- Also known as: “San Canzian”, “San Canziano”, “San Canziano della Grotta”, “Skocjan”, “Škocjan (Divača, Slovinsko)”, and “Škocjan, Divača”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cerkev Svetega Kancijana and Škocjan Caves Regional Park.
Cerkev Svetega Kancijana
Church
Photo: Stephen Colebourne, CC BY 2.0.
Cerkev Svetega Kancijana is a church.
Škocjan Caves Regional Park
Nature reserve
Škocjan Caves Regional Park is located in the Škocjan Karst, a vast flat landscape that lies at an elevation between 420 and 450 m in the southeast part of the Karst area.
The Škocjan Caves
Ticket shop
Photo: Lander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Škocjan Caves is a cave system located in Slovenia. Škocjan Caves was included on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in 1986. Škocjan Caves is a significant underground phenomenon on the Karst Plateau and in Slovenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Betanja and Matavun.
Betanja
Hamlet
Betanja is a small settlement above Matavun in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Matavun
Village
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0.
Matavun is a settlement near the entrance to Škocjan Caves in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Naklo
Hamlet
Naklo is a small village in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Škocjan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Divača, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.66551° or 45° 39′ 56″ northLongitude
13.9936° or 13° 59′ 37″ eastPopulation
6Elevation
426 metres (1,398 feet)Open location code
8FQMMX8V+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 2182483498OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3190723Wikidata ID
Q3325890
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Škocjan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سكوتشيان (ديفاتشا)”
- Bosnian: “Škocjan”
- Chechen: “Шкоцян”
- Chinese: “什科茨扬”
- Croatian: “Škocjan”
- Czech: “Škocjan (Divača, Slovinsko)”
- Czech: “Škocjan”
- Dutch: “Škocjan”
- French: “Škocjan”
- German: “Škocjan”
- German: “St. Kanzian”
- Indonesian: “Škocjan, Divača”
- Indonesian: “Škocjan”
- Irish: “Škocjan”
- Macedonian: “Шкоцјан”
- Persian: “شکوجان، دیواچا”
- Polish: “Škocjan (gmina Divača)”
- Polish: “Škocjan”
- Romanian: “Škocjan, Divača”
- Romanian: “Škocjan”
- Russian: “Шкоцьян”
- Russian: “Шкоцян”
- Serbian: “Шкоцјан (Дивача)”
- Serbian: “Шкоцјан”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan pri Divači”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan, Divača”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan”
- Tatar: “Шкоцян”
- Ukrainian: “Шкоцян”
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