Črni Potok pri Dragi explained

Official Name:Črni Potok pri Dragi
Other Name:Črni Potok (until 1953)
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Loški Potok
Area Total Km2:1.42
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:28
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5881°N 14.6825°W
Elevation M:474.6
Postal Code:1319
Footnotes:[1]

Črni Potok pri Dragi (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtʃəɾni ˈpɔːtɔk pɾi ˈdɾaːɡi/; German: Schwarzenbach[2]) is a small settlement on the left bank of the Čabranka River in the Municipality of Loški Potok in southern Slovenia, right on the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Črni Potok to Črni Potok pri Dragi in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Schwarzenbach.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.
  3. http://www.loski-potok.si Loški Potok municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.