Eastern Slovenia
Eastern Slovenia is the far northeastern region of Slovenia. It includes Prekmurje at the eastern end of the region on the borders of Hungary and Austria.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Maribor and Ptuj.
Maribor
Maribor is the second most important centre and the second largest city of Slovenia. It has about 114,000 inhabitants who live embraced in its wine growing hills and the Mariborsko Pohorje mountain.
Ptuj
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Ptuj is a city in Eastern Slovenia on the Drava River. It is known for its historic buildings and its Kurentovanje festival.
Murska Sobota
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Murska Sobota is a city in Eastern Slovenia on Pannonian plain. In 2020, it had a population of 11,000 people, about a quarter of whom were ethnic Hungarians.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Lendava and Goričko Landscape Park.
Lendava
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Lendava is the easternmost town in Slovenia close to triple-border of Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary. Lendava is a centre of the Hungarian minority in Slovenia and Hungarian is the second official language in the city.
Goričko Landscape Park
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Goričko Landscape Park is in Slovenia. It is ideal for country walks, picnics, cycling, walking, hiking or exploring diverse ecosystem. Krajinski Goričko Goričko is a hilly and mountainous part of Prekmurje.
Eastern Slovenia
- Type: geographical feature
- Description: region in Slovenia
- Categories: NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity and statistical territorial entity
- Location: Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
46.59° or 46° 35′ 24″ northLongitude of center
16.06° or 16° 3′ 36″ eastWikidata ID
Q5330475
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Eastern Slovenia” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “东斯洛文尼亚”
- Chinese: “東斯洛維尼亞”
- German: “Östliches Slowenien”
- Hebrew: “צפון-מזרח סלובניה”
- Macedonian: “Источна Словенија”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Samhaldsregionen Aust-Slovenia”
- Polish: “Słowenia Wschodnia”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Slovenija”
- Turkish: “Doğu Slovenya”
- Ukrainian: “Східна Словенія”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Slovenia”
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