Eastern Slovenia Explained

Official Name:	Eastern Slovenia
Native Name:	Slovenian: Vzhodna Slovenija
Settlement Type:	Region
Area Total Km2:	12212
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	1084300
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type2:	GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:	^[3]
Demographics2 Title1:	Total
Demographics2 Info1:	€22.426 billion (2021)
Blank Name Sec1:	NUTS code
Blank Info Sec1:	SI01

Eastern Slovenia (Slovenian: Vzhodna Slovenija) is one of the two NUTS-2 Regions of Slovenia. The region forms the eastern part of the country and includes the cities of Maribor, Celje and Velenje. It is the poorer of the two regions of Slovenia.

Eastern Slovenia (SI01) is divided into the following statistical regions:

• Mura
  • Drava Carinthia
• Savinja
• Central Sava
• Lower Sava
• Southeast Slovenia
• Littoral–Inner Carniola

References

46.0833°N 15.45°W

Notes and References

1. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tgs00002&plugin=1 Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2
2. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&init=1&pcode=tgs00001&language=en Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions - (1 000 inhabitants)
3. Web site: EU regions by GDP, Eurostat. 18 September 2023. www.ec.europa.eu.