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,
Celje 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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Drava
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Carinthia
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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