Eastern Slovenia

Eastern Slovenia
Eastern Slovenia; Vzhodna Slovenija
	Region
Country	Slovenia
Area [1]
• Total	12,212 km2 (4,715 sq mi)
Population [2]
• Total	1,084,300
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
NUTS code	SI01
GDP per capita (PPS)	€ 17,100 (2006)[3]

Eastern Slovenia (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. It is the poorer of the two regions of Slovenia and its GDP per capita is 72.5% of the European Union average (€17,100 per year).

Eastern Slovenia (SI01) is divided into the following statistical regions:

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[1] Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2

[2] Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions - (1 000 inhabitants)

[3] Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant), by NUTS 2 regions