Murska Sobota
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Murska Sobota (Hungarian Muraszombat) is a town and municipality in northeastern Slovenia, located near the river Mura (hence the name) in the region of Prekmurje, being its regional capital. The municipality has 14.000 inhabitants and borders Austria and Hungary. It used to be Yugoslavia's northernmost town, and throughout history it has shifted across borders between Slovenes, Croatians and Hungarians, the latter still representing a 3000 people minority. The once significant Hungarian Jewish community of Murska Sobota was eliminated by Nazi Germany. In 1991, during Slovenia's Ten-Day War against the Yugoslav Federal Army, Murska Sobota was bombed by air, with no casualties or visible damage. Today, it is a quiet town that lives around the regional authorities' activities, light industry, commerce and spa tourism. In April 2006 the city became the see of the newly created Roman Catholic diocese of Murska Sobota, which is a suffragan to the archdiocese of Maribor.
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