Administrative Units of Slovenia
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Administrative units (Slovene: Upravna enota; plural: Upravne enote) are a second-level division of the executive branch of the Slovenian government. They were established on January 1st 1995 to perform the tasks of state administration which must be organised and performed uniformly across all administrative units in Slovenia. The areas covered by administrative units are designated in such a way as to enable cost-effectiveness and efficiency in performing administrative tasks. One administrative unit area generally corresponds to the area of one or several local communities.[1]
There are 58 administrative units, each is named after its respective municipal base of the government office. Administrative units usually have local branch offices to serve smaller communities.
They are the continuation of the 62 municipalities before 1994 (Ljubljana was until then split in five municipalities: Bežigrad, Center, Moste-Polje, Šiška and Vič-Rudnik, all of which were merged into one Ljubljana administrative unit).