| Official Name: | Straža |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| 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: | Straža |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.26 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1945 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.7864°N 15.0745°W |
| Elevation M: | 170.8 |
| Footnotes: | [2] |
Straža (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈstɾaːʒa/) is a settlement on the left bank of the Krka River in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. It is the largest settlement and the centre of the Municipality of Straža and is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It has close to 2,000 inhabitants. The main employer in the town was the company Novoles. There are many vineyards in the area.[3]
Straža lies on the left bank of the Krka River. The main part of the town is the former village of Gornja Straža (in older sources Gorenja Straža, German: Oberstrascha),[4] which was joined with former village of Dolnja Straža (in older sources Dolenja Straža, German: Unterstrascha)[4] to the northeast to create today's settlement.
There are two churches in Straža: Assumption Church in Dolenja Straža, which is part of the Parish of Prečna, and St. Thomas's Church in Gorenja Straža, which is part of the Parish of Vavta Vas.
The name Straža is shared with several other settlements in Slovenia, and it is also found in various toponyms, oronyms, and hydronyms. It is derived from the common noun straža 'guards, guard post', often referring to a place where watch was kept during the danger of Ottoman attacks.[5]