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Dolnja Košana

Coordinates: 45°39′54.94″N 14°7′25.2″E / 45.6652611°N 14.123667°E / 45.6652611; 14.123667
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Dolnja Košana
Dolnja Košana is located in Slovenia
Dolnja Košana
Dolnja Košana
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°39′54.94″N 14°7′25.2″E / 45.6652611°N 14.123667°E / 45.6652611; 14.123667
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityPivka
Area
 • Total1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation
454 m (1,490 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total384
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Dolnja Košana (pronounced [ˈdoːlnja kɔˈʃaːna], in older sources Dolenja Košana,[2] German: Unterkoschana[2]) is a village west of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

The Košana parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[4]

Notable people

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Notable people that were born or lived in Dolnja Košana include:

  • Franc Šturm (1881–1944), linguist, translator, and communist activist[5]

References

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  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 136.
  3. ^ Pivka municipal site
  4. ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Franc Šturm." Slovenski biografski leksikon. (in Slovene)
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