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Žaga, Bovec

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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Gorizia

Elevation
  
419 m

Local time
  
Monday 3:37 AM

Traditional region
  
Slovenian Littoral

Area
  
25.78 km²

Population
  
336 (2002)

Municipality
  
Bovec

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 71% Humidity

Žaga ([ˈʒaːɡa]; Italian: Saga) is a settlement on the right bank of the Soča River in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The turn for the road to Resia in Italy is in the middle of the settlement.

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Map of 5224 %C5%BDaga, Slovenia

Geography

Boka Falls is a waterfall on Boka Creek in the northeast part of the settlement. There are also two other waterfalls on Globoka Creek in the western part of the settlement.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Žaga include:

  • Oskar Hudales (1905–1968), writer, translator, and teacher
  • Anton Ocvirk (1907–1980), literary historian
  • Stane Žagar (1896–1942), communist activist and people's hero of Yugoslavia

    • References

    Žaga, Bovec Wikipedia
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