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Dekani

Dekani (; ) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

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Place details

Locality: Dekani
Region: Urban Municipality of Koper
Country: Slovenija
Population: 1,586
Timezone: Europe/Ljubljana

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Dekani
Settlement.other_name: Villa Decani Pasja vas (local name)
Settlement.image_skyline: Dekani Slovenia.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Slovenia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Slovenia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Traditional region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Littoral
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Statistical region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Coastal–Karst
Settlement.subdivision_type3

Wikidata facts

Country: Slovenia
Located in: City Municipality of Koper
Population: +1663
Area: +6.01
Elevation: +63
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Dekani Slovenia.jpg

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Dekani (; ) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

==Name== Dekani was first attested in written sources in 1328 as Decani (and in 1423 as Villae Canis). The name is derived from the noble family de Cani. Locally, the name was misunderstood as derived from Italian cane 'dog', leading to the local designation Pasja vas (literally, 'dog village'), the demonym Pesjan, and the associated adjective pesjanski. Another theory, according to Salvator Žitko of the University of Koper, is that the settlement got its name after its owner, the Albanian nobleman Giovanni Dukagjini, in 1480 based on the Venetian archives of the city of Koper.