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Fun fact 1 about Maribor

Mariborski Glavni trg
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The Slovene name Maribor was coined by Stanko Vraz in 1836 as an artificial Slovenized creation.

Maribor
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Maribor

Slovenia

Country
Slovenia
Population
95.2K
Coordinates
46.55, 15.65
1097th most populous city in the world

Maribor is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is the seat of the Urban Municipality of Maribor and the Drava Statistical Region. Maribor is also the economic, administrative, educational, and cultural centre of eastern Slovenia.

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