Ljubljana (Slovene: [ljuˈbljàːna] ( listen);[3] locally also [luˈblàːna], German: Laibach, Italian: Lubiana, Latin: Labacum or Aemona)[4] is the capital and largest city of Slovenia.[5][6] Located at the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, it was the historical capital of Carniola,[7] a Slovene-inhabited part of Austria-Hungary, and it has been the cultural, educational, economic, political, and administrative center of independent Slovenia since 1991.[5] Its central geographic location within Slovenia, transport connections, concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions and cultural tradition are contributing factors to its leading position via 500px http://j.mp/1FHVg92
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