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Ptuj

Southern Europe

Ptuj is Slovenia's eighth-largest town, located in northeastern Styria, and is described as the oldest recorded city in Slovenia. It developed from a Roman military fort at a strategically important crossing of the Drava River, along a prehistoric trade route connecting the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic.

Facts
Population
17,984 1
Area (sq km)
25.649 2
Founding Year
69 3
Elevation (m)
232 2
Latitude
46.418611 degrees north 2
Longitude
15.871389 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Ptuj (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    17984
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Ptuj (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 46.418611, longitude 15.871389
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 232 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 25.649 sq km
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3. Ptuj (Wikipedia)
infobox established_date field: "First mention: AD 69" (whitelist term 'mention', no admin/political blacklist term; later 'Town privileges'/1376 row correctly excluded)View the Source
4. GeoNames: Ptuj - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3192241
    46.42005 15.87018 P PPLA SI K7 17984 237 Europe/Ljubljana
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 237 m
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5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.25, 15.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.25, 15.75
46.25 15.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Ptuj
Wikidata Q15906, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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