| Official Name: | Pekel |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Drava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Maribor |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.98 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 180 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.5852°N 15.6783°W |
| Elevation M: | 374 |
| Footnotes: | [2] |
Pekel (pronounced as /sl/ or pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement north of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[3]
Pekel was attested in written sources circa 1500 as in der Hell. The name is pronounced Pêkel (corresponding to the dialect pronunciation of the common noun pêkel 'Hell') rather than the more standard Pekèl. Across Slovenia there are many oronyms, regional names, and microptoponyms named Pekel. In folk geography, the name was used to metaphorically designate chasms, caves, shafts, and other narrow, dark places; for example, in Kropa there is an oeconym Pekel originally referring to a blacksmith's shop. Semantically related names in Slovenia include Devil's Hole (Slovenian: Vragova luknja) in the settlement of Okrog and Devil's Ravine (Slovenian: Hudičev graben) in the settlement of Parož.[4] See also Pekel, Trebnje, Hell Cave, and Hell Gorge.