Žirina

Žirina is the capital city of Zagoria. With 276,000 inhabitants,it's the largest city of the nation and more than 1/3 of the whole Zagorian population lives here. It is the centre of Zagorian government,educational institutions and business. The most important institution is the University of Žirina,one of the top universities of the Ex-Yugoslav area,Europe and,as of 2015,it is included in the 1% of the best universitites of the World. Its position,exactly between Slovenia and Croatia,in the large valley of Žirja river,made Žirina always a city full of life and with a multicultural face. Today ,like the whole country, Žirina is constantly growing,demographically and economically speaking. Its opportunities are attracting more and more students and workers from the whole southern Europe and from other parts of the continent.