Eastern Slovenia ( sl, Vzhodna Slovenija) is one of the two
NUTS-2 Regions of Slovenia. The region forms the eastern part of the country and includes the cities of
Maribor
Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...
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Celje
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and
Velenje
Velenje (; german: Wöllan''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.) is Slovenia's sixth-largest city, and the seat of the Municipality ...
. It is the poorer of the two regions of Slovenia.
Eastern Slovenia (SI01) is divided into the following statistical regions:
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Mura
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Carinthia
Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...
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Savinja
The Savinja () is a river in northeast Slovenia which flows mostly in the Upper and Lower Savinja Valley ( sl, Zgornja in Spodnja Savinjska dolina) and through the cities of Celje and Laško. The Savinja is the main river of the Savinja Alps (Sl ...
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Central Sava
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Lower Sava
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Southeast Slovenia
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Littoral–Inner Carniola
References
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NUTS 2 statistical regions of Slovenia
NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union