Also known as Ancarano
Ankaran (; ) is a town in the Municipality of Ankaran, located near the border with Italy, in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is less than 5 km from the Italian town of Muggia near Trieste, about 2.5 km from the Italian-Slovenian border, 6.5 km from Koper, and 33 km from the nearest Croatian town, Buje. In the entire municipality both Slovenian and Italian are official languages.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ankaran / Ancarano
- Region
- Municipality of Ankaran
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 3,278
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ankaran
- Settlement.other_name
- Ancarano (Italian)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- ankaran.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Ankaran.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ankaran Grb - Coat of Arms.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Littoral
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Coastal–Karst
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ankaran
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Gregor Strmčnik (Independent)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- Ancarano
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- City Municipality of Koper
- Population
- 3224
- Area
- 8.05
- Elevation
- 19.2
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Ankaran Municipality
- Shares border with
- Muggia
- Official website
- obcina-ankaran.si
- Image
- Ankaran.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ankaran
- postal code
- 6280
- female population
- 1561
- male population
- 1663
- native label
- Ancarano
- topic's main category
- Category:Ankaran
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