The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) is a statistical region in

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. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorje mountains in the northeast of the region. The Drava is used for the production of

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and the fertile land around it is used for

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. The share of job vacancies in all available jobs is among the highest in Slovenia and the region has a positive

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but a very high natural decrease, which means an overall decrease in the population.

Cities and towns

The Drava Statistical Region includes six

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and

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s, the largest of which is Maribor.

Administrative divisions

The Drava Statistical Region comprises the following 41

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: * Benedikt * Cerkvenjak * Cirkulane *

Destrnik Destrnik (, german: Desternigberg) is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Destrnik. It lies in the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice) north of Ptuj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria ...

Dornava Dornava () is a settlement in the Municipality of Dornava in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. It lies east of Ptuj, on the Pesnica River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now in ...

* Duplek * Gorišnica *

Hajdina The Municipality of Hajdina (; sl, Občina Hajdina) is a small municipality on the right bank of the Drava River near Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. Its administrative seat is the village of Zgornja Hajdina. The area is part of the traditional ...

* Hoče–Slivnica * Juršinci *

Kidričevo Kidričevo () is a town near Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kidričevo. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. The town is i ...

* Kungota * Lenart *

Lovrenc na Pohorju Lovrenc na Pohorju (; german: Sankt Lorenzen an der Kärntnerbahn or ''Sankt Lorenzen ob Marburg'') is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Pohorje Hills to the west of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Sty ...

Majšperk Majšperk (, in older sources ''Majšperg'', german: Monsberg) is a settlement in the Municipality of Majšperk in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality i ...

Makole Makole (, german: Maxau) is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Makole. It lies in the Dravinja Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It was first mentioned in written documents dat ...

* Maribor *

Markovci Markovci () is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Markovci. It lies southeast of Ptuj next to Lake Ptuj, a reservoir on the Drava River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipal ...

* Miklavž na Dravskem Polju *

Oplotnica Oplotnica (; german: Oplotnitz) is a small town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Oplotnica. It lies on the Oplotniščica River, a left tributary of the Dravinja River, to the north of Slovenske Konjice. The area is par ...

Ormož Ormož (; in older sources , hu, Ormosd, german: Friedau, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ormošd'') is a town in the traditional region of Prlekija, part of Styria, in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava River and borders with Cr ...

* Pesnica * Podlehnik *

Poljčane Poljčane () is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Poljčane. It lies 35 km south of Maribor and 35 km northeast of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The town lies i ...

* Ptuj * Rače–Fram *

Ruše Ruše (; german: Maria Rast) is a small town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ruše and lies on the right bank of the Drava River west of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now inc ...

Selnica ob Dravi Selnica ob Dravi () is a village on the left bank of the Drava River in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi. The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdioce ...

Slovenska Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica (; german: Windisch-Feistritz) is a town south of Maribor in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica, one of the largest municipalities in Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional regio ...

Središče ob Dravi Središče ob Dravi (, german: Polstrau''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 230.) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of ...

* Starše * Sveta Ana * Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah * Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih Goricah * Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah * Sveti Tomaž * Šentilj * Trnovska Vas * Videm * Zavrč * Žetale

Demographics

The population in 2020 was 325,994. It has a total area of 2,170 km².

Economy

Employment structure: 63.4% services, 35.8% industry, 0.8% agriculture.

Tourism

It attracts only 3.2% of the total number of tourists in Slovenia, most being from foreign countries (68.9%).

Transportation

* Length of motorways: 132.7 km * Length of other roads: 6,422.9 km

Sources

Slovenian regions in figures 2014
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