Slovenia: Flag and Facts
Slovenia's flag shows equal white, blue and red stripes with a shield holding white Mount Triglav on blue, two wavy blue lines below the peak and three six-pointed stars above.
- Official name
- Republic of Slovenia
- Capital
- Ljubljana
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population
- 2.1 million (2024)
- Languages
- Slovene
- Currency
- Euro
- Area
- 20,273 km² (7,827 sq mi)
- People
- Slovene
- Calling code
- +386
- Highest point
- Triglav 2,864 m
- Independence
- 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
- National symbols
- Mount Triglav
About Slovenia
Only a short stretch of Karst coastline meets the Adriatic in the southwest. Up north, Alps line the borders with Italy and Austria, and the east mixes hills, valleys and plenty of rivers. Triglav, at 2,864 meters, is the highest peak and doubles as a national symbol. Roughly 2.1 million people live here, about 286,000 of them in Ljubljana. The coast gets Mediterranean weather, while eastern valleys swing from hot summers to cold winters.
Austria-Hungary held these lands until World War I. In 1918 they became part of a new state of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. Slovenia held multiparty elections and an independence vote in 1990, and after a war lasting just 10 days it declared independence on 25 June 1991. It joined NATO and the EU in 2004 and switched to the euro in 2007.
Did you know?
- Zdravljica, the national anthem, has a title meaning A Toast.
- The two wavy lines on the flag stand for the country's seas and rivers.
- Slovenia's flag colors trace back to the medieval Duchy of Carniola.
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Questions about Slovenia
What language is spoken in Slovenia?
Slovene is the official language. People pay in euros.
How big is Slovenia?
It covers 20,273 square kilometers, a bit smaller than New Jersey.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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