The Drava Statistical Region () is a statistical region in

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. The largest city in the region is

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

Cities and towns

The Drava Statistical Region includes six cities and

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s, the largest of which is

Administrative divisions

The Drava Statistical Region comprises the following 41

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: * Benedikt * Cerkvenjak * Cirkulane * Destrnik * Dornava * Duplek * Gorišnica * Hajdina * Hoče–Slivnica * Juršinci * Kidričevo * Kungota * Lenart * Lovrenc na Pohorju * Majšperk * Makole *

* Markovci * Miklavž na Dravskem Polju * Oplotnica *

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* Pesnica * Podlehnik * Poljčane *

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* Rače–Fram * Ruše * Selnica ob Dravi * Šentilj * Slovenska Bistrica * Središče ob Dravi * Starše * Sveta Ana * Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah * Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih Goricah * Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah * Sveti Tomaž * 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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