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Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovenian: Republika Slovenija, is a coastal Alpine country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy on the west, the Adriatic Sea on the southwest, Croatia on the south and east, Hungary on the northeast, and Austria on the north. The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana.

At various points in Slovenia's history, the country has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Carantania (only modern Slovenia's northern part), the Holy Roman Empire, Austria-Hungary, the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929) between the World Wars, and the SFR of Yugoslavia from 1945 until gaining independence in 1991. Slovenia is a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe, NATO, and has observer status in La Francophonie.

Four major European geographic regions meet in Slovenia: the Alps, the Dinarides, the Pannonian plain, and the Mediterranean. Slovenia's highest peak is Triglav (2,864 m; 9,396 ft); the country's average height above the sea level is 557 metres (1,827 ft). Around one half of the country (11,691 km²; 4,514 sq mi) is covered by forests; this makes Slovenia the third most forested country in Europe, after Finland and Sweden. Remnants of primeval forests are still to be found, the largest in the Kocevje area. Grassland covers 5,593 square kilometres (2,159 sq mi) of the country and fields and gardens 2,471 square kilometres (954 sq mi). There are also 363 square kilometres (140 sq mi) of orchards and 216 square kilometres (83 sq mi) of vineyards.

Climate
Its climate is Submediterranean on the coast, Alpine in the mountains and continental with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east. The average temperatures are -2°C (28°F) in January and 21°C (70°F) in July. The average rainfall is 1,000 millimetres (39.4 in) for the coast, up to 3,500 millimetres (137.8 in) for the Alps, 800 millimetres (31.5 in) for south east and 1,400 millimetres (55.1 in)for central Slovenia.

Although located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, most of Slovenia is in the Black Sea drainage basin. The geometric center of gravity of Slovenia is located at the geographic coordinates 46°07'11,8" N and 14°48'55,2" E. It lies in Spodnja Slivna near Vace in the municipality of Litija.

Cuisine of Slovenia
There is no such thing as a single, uniform, distinct Slovenian cuisine. In the opinion of some experts, there are more than 40 distinct cuisines in a country, whose main distinguishing feature is a great variety and diversity of land formation, climate, wind movements, humidity, terrain and history.

n the north-east there is the expanse of the Pannonian plain, in the east, the green and hilly Dolenjska region, in the south the Karst and the Adriatic coastline, in the north-west the Alps, the Barje marshes and the wine producing hills of Stajerska. All these factors influenced the development of the great variety and range represented by Slovenian cooking.
To give some examples: crabs are found only in the rivers of Notranjska, pršut (Karst leg ham) can be dried only by the winds of Karst and the coast.
In addition, Slovenia is a borderland country. It borders on four states with established and distinct national cuisines. From each Slovenians have borrowed culinary specialties, adapting them and making them their own.

Slovenian cuisine is not homogenous for another reason. The highly stratified population, founded in the town, the farmhouse, the cottage, the castle, the parsonage, the monastery and so on, led to the evolution of distinct cuisines. The urban populace was acquiring Austrian, German and French dishes. The evidence for this process appears in the first cookbook published in Slovenian language, Valentin Vodnik's cookbook (1799). The influence of the German source is evident, but it also contains original elements. Certain occupations developed their own cuisine and special dishes. Thus we have the cuisines of: miners (eg omelette called miner's heart), iron workers, raftsmen, charcoal-burners, foresters (eg. Dormouse on the spit, blacksmiths ), ("fižolovec" - very thick bean soup) and the like.

When we speak of Slovenian cuisine we are usually referring to the traditional country dishes. Even here, there are differences in style and method, due to the diversity of countryside and climate. However, if we take away the greater differences among individual cuisines, we can summarize its characteristics in the following points: (arrive at a general description)

Slovenia Cities
Ajdovšcina | Celje | Domžale | Izola | Jesenice | Kamnik | Kobarid | Koper | Kranj | Krško | Ljubljana | Maribor | Murska Sobota | Nova Gorica | Novo Mesto | Ormož | Piran | Postojna | Ptuj | Sežana | Slovenj Gradec | Slovenska Bistrica | Slovenske Konjice | Šentjur pri Celju | Škofja Loka | Tolmin | Trbovlje | Velenje | Vipava | Ž alec | Zagorje ob Savi