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Ptuj is the oldest documented town in Slovenia and is situated in North-Eastern Slovenia, in the centre of Lower Podravje region at the border with Prlekija region.

• Area of town is 66,7 km².
• Altitude is 232 m.
• Municipality includes 5533 house numbers in ten settlements.
• There are 23,716 inhabitants living in Ptuj Municipality.

Partner and twin towns

Ptuj is following main European guidelines – peace and mutual respect, democracy and mutual cooperation as well as future of Europe through multicultural dialog.

Through its twin, friendship and partner towns Ptuj is realizing the established guidelines of international cooperation of local communities and their inhabitants. Partner and twin towns are:

• Aranđelovac, Serbia
• Banska Štiavnica, Slovakia
• Burghausen, Germany
• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France
• Ohrid, Macedonia
• Varaždin, Croatia