| Vexillology of Slovenia |
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| Proportion: 1:2 Adopted: 27 June 1991 First Flown: 7 April 1848 during uprising against the Hapsburgs Use: The flag of Slovenia is an example of a Slavic flag using the Pan-Slavic colors of white, blue, and red. For examples of other Slavic flags, see those of the Czech Republic, Russia, Serbia, and Slovakia. |
| Slovenian Coat-of-Arms |
| Subnational Flags of Slovenia |
| Slovenia is currently divided into 12 statistical regions by the government. However, these regions do not use any sort of provincial flag or insignia. In May 2007, the Slovenian government announced plans to create 14 new administrative regions. However, no plans were revealed to give these regions any provincial insignia. |
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| The Coat-of-Arms, or National Emblem, of Slovenia depicts the sylized summit of Mount Triglav, the highest point in Slovenia. Below it are two wavy blue lines, each depicting the Adriatic Sea and the rivers of the republic. The three 6-pointed stars are taken from the heraldric arms of the Counts of Celje, under whom the Slovenian national identity was born and fostered. |
| Long Form of Country Name: Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) Short Form of Country Name: Slovenia (Slovenija) Form of State: Republic consisting of 8 historical regions (12 statistical units), headed by a president popularly elected to 5-year terms. Form of Government: Emerging Parliamentary democracy with legislative authority vested in a bicameral legislature known as the Drzavni Zbor. Following parliamentary elections, the leader of the majority party or coalition is nominated as Prime Minister by the President and elected by the Drzavni Zbor The new prime minister nominates other government ministers who are also elected by the the Drzavni Zbor. Together, the government ministers consitute the Council of Ministers, the executive authority of the government. Independence: 25 June 1991 from Yugoslavia Capital: Ljubljana Major National Groups: Predominantly Slovenes with small communities of Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnians |
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| The flag of Slovenia is a typical Slavic flag consisting of the Pan-Slavic colors of white, blue, and red. It is arranged in the order and fashion of the Russian flag (the Slavic archivellium). To this flag is added the Slovenian coat-of-arms consisting of the national symbol of Mount Triglav and the heraldric stars from the arms of the Counts of Celje. This flag first appeared in Ljubljana during the 1848 nationalist revolt against the Hapsburgs. (This particularl year, 1848, also gave birth to the flags of several other Slavic flags during revolts against the Germanic Hapsburgs - the Hungarian and Slovakian flags in particular.) Following the suppression of the Slavic revolts, the Slovenian flag was suppressed until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following its defeat in World War I. It was resurrected then as the flag of the Yugoslavian Republic of Slovenia in 1922. After World War II, Yugoslavia became a communist state and Slovenia became the Yugoslav Social Republic of Slovenia. At this time, its flag received the communist Red Star in its center, which replaced the old coat-of-arms. The communist insignia remained on the Slovenian flag until 1991, when the Slovenes rebelled against the Serb-dominated Yugoslavian federation and asserted its independence following a short 10-day war. At this time, the national insignia was returned to its proper place on the flag. Recent proposals to change the flag have produced vertically oriented colors (to further differentiate the Slovenian flag from the Russian flag); however, these proposals have so far no met with popular approval. |
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| Yugoslav Socialist Republic of Slovenia 1945 - 1991 |
| Civil & State Ensign |
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| Slovenian Naval Jack |
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| Gorenjska |
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| Goriška |
| Obalno-kraška |