Bukovica pri Litiji () is a small settlement in the

Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji The Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji (; sl, Občina Šmartno pri Litiji) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmartno pri Litiji. The municipality ...

in central

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. It lies in the hills east of Šmartno in the historical region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...

. The municipality is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Bukovica'' to ''Bukovica pri Litiji'' (literally, 'Bukovica near Litija') in 1953. ''Bukovica'' is a common

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and oronym in Slovenia. It is derived from the adjective ''bukov'' 'beech' (from ''bukev'' 'beech tree') and originally referred to the local vegetation.

References

External links

Bukovica pri Litiji at Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji {{ŠmartnopriLitiji-geo-stub