Zgornja Pohanca

Zgornja Pohanca
Zgornja Pohanca

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°59′23.7″N 15°34′20.01″E / 45.989917°N 15.5722250°E / 45.989917; 15.5722250Coordinates: 45°59′23.7″N 15°34′20.01″E / 45.989917°N 15.5722250°E / 45.989917; 15.5722250
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Brežice
Area
 • Total 3.04 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation 376.7 m (1,235.9 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 101
[1]

Zgornja Pohanca (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnja ˈpoːxantsa]) is a settlement in the hills north of Brežice in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]

There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1898.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Brežice municipal site
  3. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 14868

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