Torka
Sign in to saveTorka () is a small high-elevation settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It no longer has any permanent residents.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Torka
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Torka Slovenia 1.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_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Upper Carniola
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- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Upper Carniola
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Železniki Municipality
- Population
- +6
- Elevation
- +1160.3
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Torka Slovenia 2.jpg
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Torka () is a small high-elevation settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It no longer has any permanent residents.
==Name== Torka was attested in historical sources in 1501 as Am Thorekh. The name is believed to be a compound of German origin, from Middle High German tor 'gate' + egge 'hill, peak', thus meaning 'mountain gate' and referring to access through the village to the Ratitovec Ridge.