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Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije, SURS) is independent Slovenian government institution, in charge for official statistical surveying. It is responsible directly to the premier of the Republic of Slovenia. One of the activities is a nation-wide census every 10 years or so, the last was in 2002. Statistical surveys are used to collect quantitative information in the fields of marketing, political polling, and social science research. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp) - official page
Slovenia's highest peak is Triglav (2864 m); the country's average height above the sea level is 557 m.
Slovenia continues to enjoy the highest GDP per capita of the transitioning economies of the region.
Slovenia's ethnic groups are: Slovenians (89%); Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and other nationalities of the former Yugoslavia (10%); and the ethnic Hungarian and Italian minorities (0.5%).
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