Pince | |
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Coordinates: 46°31′32.27″N16°31′20.45″E / 46.5256306°N 16.5223472°E Coordinates: 46°31′32.27″N16°31′20.45″E / 46.5256306°N 16.5223472°E | |
Country | |
Traditional region | Prekmurje |
Statistical region | Mura |
Municipality | Lendava |
Area | |
• Total | 2.29 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
Elevation | 161.3 m (529.2 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 205 |
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Pince (pronounced [ˈpiːntsɛ] ; Hungarian : Pince) is a settlement southeast of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It lies close to the extreme eastern point of Slovenia, right on the border with Hungary. [2]
Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary it is also spoken by communities of Hungarians in the countries that today make up Slovakia, western Ukraine (Subcarpathia), central and western Romania (Transylvania), northern Serbia (Vojvodina), northern Croatia and northern Slovenia. It is also spoken by Hungarian diaspora communities worldwide, especially in North America and Israel. Like Finnish and Estonian, Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family. With 13 million speakers, it is the family's largest member by number of speakers.
Lendava is a town and a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. The name of the settlement was changed from Dolnja Lendava to Lendava in 1955. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga Vas-Rédics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovene.
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Nogometni klub Nafta Lendava, commonly referred to as NK Nafta Lendava or simply Nafta, was a Slovenian football club, which played in the town of Lendava. They were founded as Lendvai Football Egyesület in 1903 during Hungarian administration. They were regarded as the oldest Slovenian football club until they filled for bankruptcy and were dissolved following the 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga season. The club played in the Yugoslav First League for one season, in 1946–47.
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Benica is a small settlement in the Municipality of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It lies close to the extreme eastern tip of Slovenia, near the Mura River on the right bank of the Ardova Canal, close to the borders with Croatia and Hungary. Until the canal was built in 1910, the area occupied by the settlement was part of the Mura Woods, but then the area was cleared and in 1923 the Esterházy family's manorial possessions were taken away and transferred to settlers who were refugees from the Isonzo Front. Until the Second World War it was a hamlet of Pince.
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