Municipality of Ankaran

The Municipality of Ankaran is a municipality on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Slovenia. Its seat and only settlement is . It was formed in 2011, when it was split from the Municipality of Koper and is Slovenia's youngest municipality and with a population of just over 3,000, it is one of Slovenia's smallest municipalities.
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  • Type: municipality of Slovenia with 3,230 residents
  • Description: municipality of Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Ankaran Municipality” and “Comune di Ancarano”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Salt marsh and Debeli Rtič.

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A , saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal marsh, is a tidal wetland in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and that is regularly flooded by tides of seawater or brackish water.

Peak
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is a cape in the northern Adriatic Sea on the border between and . It is located north-west of the Slovenian town of , and west of the Italian town of . The name literally means 'Thick Little Cape'.

Hospital
The is one of 's most important treatment facilities. It is located in on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Slovenia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koper and Muggia.

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is the fifth-largest city in . Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, is the main urban center of the Slovene coast.

Town
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is an Italian comune in the , in the region of on the border with . It has 12,703 inhabitants. is situated 3½ km northeast of Municipality of Ankaran.

Village
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is a town in the Municipality of , located near the border with , in the Littoral region of . It is less than 5 km from the Italian town of near , about 2.5 km from the Italian-Slovenian border, 6.5 km from , and 33 km from the nearest town, .

Municipality of Ankaran

Latitude
45.5833° or 45° 35′ north
Longitude
13.7333° or 13° 44′ east
Population
3,230
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
8FQMHPMM+88
Geo­Names ID
11288217
Wiki­data ID
Q12042075
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Welsh—“Municipality of Ankaran” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አንካራን ሙኒሲፓሊቲ”
  • Asturian: “Conceyu d’Ankaran”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ankaran Municipaliteti”
  • Bengali: “আনকারান মিউনিসিপালিটি”
  • Chinese: “Ankaran Kong-siā”
  • Chinese: “安卡兰市镇”
  • Chinese: “安卡蘭市鎮”
  • Croatian: “Općina Ankaran”
  • Czech: “Občina Ankaran”
  • Dutch: “Ankaran”
  • Esperanto: “Občina Ankaran”
  • French: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • German: “Ankaran”
  • German: “Gemeinde Ankaran”
  • Hausa: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Hungarian: “Ankaran község”
  • Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Ankaran”
  • Italian: “Ancarano”
  • Italian: “Comune di Ancarano”
  • Japanese: “アンカラン市”
  • Javanese: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Kazakh: “Анкаран муниципалитеті”
  • Kirghiz: “Анкаран муниципалитети”
  • Latin: “Municipium Ancariae”
  • Macedonian: “Општина Анкаран”
  • Malay: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ankaran Kong-siā”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ankaran kommune”
  • Oromo: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਕਾਰਾਨ ਮਿਉਂਸਿਪੈਲਿਟੀ”
  • Persian: “شهرداری آنکاران”
  • Polish: “Gmina Ankaran”
  • Portuguese: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Pushto: “انکاران بلدیه”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Ankaran”
  • Serbian: “Општина Анкаран”
  • Slovenian: “Ankaran”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Ankaran”
  • Somali: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Spanish: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Swahili: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Tajik: “Шахри Анкаран”
  • Tatar: “Анкаран муниципалитеты”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลอังการาน”
  • Turkish: “Ankaran”
  • Uzbek: “Ankaran Municipality”
  • Vietnamese: “Ankaran”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Ankaran”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vale Oltra and Debeli Rtič.

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