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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Central Slovenia

Elevation
  
632 m

Population
  
116 (2002)

Traditional region
  
Inner Carniola

Municipality
  
Ig

Area
  
4.53 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 2:26 AM

Zapotok, Ig

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 72% Humidity

Zapotok ([zaˈpɔːtɔk]; German: Sapotok) is a village in the hills south of Ig in central Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Ig is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Contents

Map of 1292 Zapotok, Slovenia

Mass grave

Zapotok is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Zapotok Narrow Shaft Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Ozko brezno pri Zapotoku), also known as the Viper Cave Mass Grave (Grobišče Gadova jama), is located on the wooded slope of a steep valley 10 m south of the road between Zapotok and Četež pri Turjaku. It contains the remains of unknown victims.

References

Zapotok, Ig Wikipedia