The Slovenia regions map shows surrounding areas and provinces of Slovenia. This administrative map of Slovenia will allow you to know regions of Slovenia in Southern Europe. The Slovenia regions map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

As of February 2007 there are 12 statistical regions (NUTS-2 level), which are grouped in two cohesion regions (NUTS-1 level) as you can see in Slovenia regions map. The government, however, is preparing a plan for new administrative regions. The number of the regions is not yet defined, but they might be between twelve and fourteen, who could be very similar to the actual regions. The two cohesion regions are: Vzhodna Slovenija (East Slovenia - SI01), which groups the regions of Pomurska, Podravska, Koroška, Savinjska, Zasavska, Spodnjeposavska, Jugovzhodna Slovenija and Notranjsko-kraška. Zahodna Slovenija (West Slovenia - SI02), which groups the regions of Osrednjeslovenska, Gorenjska, Goriška and Obalno-kraška.

Despite the lack of any intermediate unit between the municipalities and the State, regional identity is strong in Slovenia. The traditional regions of Slovenia, based on the former four Habsburg crown lands (Carniola, Carinthia, Styria, and the Littoral), are the following: Slovenian Littoral, Upper Carniola, Inner Carniola, Lower Carniola, Carinthia, Styria, Prekmurje. Ljubljana was historically the administrative center of Carniola as its shown in Slovenia regions map. However, from the mid-19th century onward, it has not been considered part of any of the three subdivisions of Carniola (Upper, Lower and Inner Carniola). Nowadays, it is not considered part of any of the traditional historical regions of Slovenia.

The division of Slovenia into 12 statistical regions was based on the socio-geographic regionalisation of Slovenia (functional medium-size regions). Statistical regions coincide with the socalled planning regions determined for the purposes of spatial planning. They have no political or administrative function and, apart from several minor exceptions, follow the boundaries of the existing municipalities. Regions are classified on two territorial levels reflecting the administrative organisation of countries as its mentioned in Slovenia regions map: large regions (TL2) and small regions (TL3). Small regions are classified according to their access to metropolitan areas.

The Slovenia political map shows regions and provinces of Slovenia. This administrative map of Slovenia will allow you to show regions, administrative borders and cities of Slovenia in Southern Europe. The Slovenia political map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

The politics of Slovenia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Slovenia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system as you can see in Slovenia political map. Executive power is exercised by the Government of Slovenia. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly and in minor part in the National Council. The judiciary of Slovenia is independent of the executive and the legislature. Slovenia has little political instability. According to France Bučar, one of the founding fathers of Slovenian democracy and independence, the democracy in Slovenia is very weak, with the power concentrated in the hands of a few people, as in the time of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia before 1991, and the Parliament being only a formal institution.

As a young independent republic, Slovenia pursued economic stabilization and further political openness, while emphasizing its Western outlook and central European heritage. Today, with a growing regional profile, a participant in the SFOR peacekeeping deployment in Bosnia and the KFOR deployment in Kosovo, and a charter World Trade Organization member, Slovenia plays a role on the world stage quite out of proportion to its small size as its shown in Slovenia political map. From 1998 to 2000, Slovenia occupied a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council and in that capacity distinguished itself with a constructive, creative, and consensus-oriented activism. Slovenia has been a member of the United Nations since May 1992 and of the Council of Europe since May 1993. Slovenia signed an association agreement with the European Union in 1996 and is a member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement. Slovenia also is a member of all major international financial institutions (the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) as well as 40 other international organizations, among them the World Trade Organization, of which it is a founding member.

Since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia has instituted a stable, multi-party, democratic political system, characterized by regular elections, a free press, and an excellent human rights record. However, Slovenia is the only former Communist state that has never carried out lustration. By Constitution of Slovenia the country is a parliamentary democracy and a republic as its mentioned in Slovenia political map. Within its government, power is shared between a directly elected president, a prime minister, and an incompletely bicameral legislature. The legislative body is composed of the 90-member National Assembly—which takes the lead on virtually all legislative issues—and the National Council, a largely advisory body composed of representatives from social, economic, professional, and local interests. The Constitutional Court has the highest power of review of legislation to ensure its consistency with Slovenia constitution. Its nine judges are elected for 9-year terms.

The Slovenia states map shows all departments and regions of Slovenia. States map of Slovenia will allow you to know areas and cities of Slovenia in Slovenia. The Slovenia states map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

As part of former Yugoslavia, Slovenia was administratively divided among 65 relatively large municipalities, which were the basis of the socialist self-management system and therefore had considerable political power. After independence, the country administration was centralised, however there has been a constant debate about the establishment of administrative-political regions (states) as an intermediate level between the state and the municipalities as you can see in Slovenia states map. The state administration is currently organised into 58 administrative units that are mostly based on the former municipalities.

The old municipalities were abolished with the Act on the Establishment of the Municipalities (1994) and new municipalities were established to undertake local self-government. Slovenia is now divided among 192 municipalities (11 of these are urban municipalities), extremely diverse in terms of population and economic power: the largest in terms of population is the city municipality of Ljubljana (271 000), while Hodoš municipality has a population of only 371 as its shown in Slovenia states map. It appears that after Slovenia became independent in 1991, it had 62 opčine (communes, although the CIA World Factbook described them as pokrajine [states]). The number of communes grew to 146 in 1995, and 210 in 2006. There are also several sets of higher-level divisions, which are defined as groups of communes.

There have been discussions for several years about reorganizing Slovenia into pokrajine (states). Under one proposal, the provinces would be the same as the current statistical regions, except that some names would be moderately changed and Savinjska statistical region would be split into Savinjska and Savinjsko-šaleška pokrajine as its mentioned in Slovenia states map. There are various ways of partitioning Slovenia. The basic building blocks seem to be the opčine (communes, or municipalities). There were 62 of them in 1991; 147 after a reorganization on 1994-10-04; and 192 after a referendum on 1998-08-07. There are 58 upravne enote (administrative units), which are almost all made up of one or more entire communes. There are other subdivisions called okrajna sodišča, okrožna sodišča, and višja sodišča. The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia has defined twelve statistična regije (statistical regions). It remains to be seen which, if any, of these systems becomes established as a standard for Slovenia.