Žihlava () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici The Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici. Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici beca ...

in northeastern

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. It lies in the

Ščavnica The Ščavnica (; German: ''Stainz'') is a river in Styria, Slovenia. It sources near Zgornja Velka and flows along the Slovene Hills towards the southeast. It passes Negova Castle and Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, traverses Lake Gajševci () and ...

Valley in the area known as

Prlekija Prlekija is a region in northeastern Slovenia between the Drava and Mura rivers. It comprises the eastern part of the Slovene Hills (), stretching from the border with Austria to the border with Croatia. It is part of the traditional province of ...

. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

Mura Statistical Region The Mura Statistical Region () is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in northeast Slovenia. It is predominantly agriculture, agricultural with field crops representing over three-quarters of the total agricultural area (twice as ...

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References

External links

Žihlava on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici {{SvetiJurijobŠčavnici-geo-stub