Inner Carniola

45°43′00″N 14°25′00″E / 45.71667°N 14.41667°E / 45.71667; 14.41667

Inner Carniola
Notranjska
Typical Inner Carniolan rural landscape at Lake Cerknica
Typical Inner Carniolan rural landscape at Lake Cerknica
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CountrySlovenia Slovenia
DemonymInner Carniolan
Traditional regions of Slovenia.

Inner Carniola (Slovene: Notranjska pronounced [ˈnoːtɾanska]; German: Innerkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the Gorizia region) in the west. Its administrative and economic center of the region is Postojna, and other minor centers include Vrhnika, Logatec, Cerknica, Pivka, and Ilirska Bistrica.