Podkraj pri Mežici () is a

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northwest of

Mežica Mežica (; German: ''Mießdorf'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mežica. It lies on the Meža River in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia) near the Austrian border. The town developed close to ...

in the

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region in northern

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Podkraj'' to ''Podkraj pri Mežici'' in 1955.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

References

External links

Podkraj pri Mežici on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Mežica {{Mežica-geo-stub