Municipality of Ljubljana

{{Infobox |Name=Mestna občina Ljubljana |Street=Mestni trg 1 |Town=SI-1000 Ljubljana |Website=http://www.ljubljana.si |Email=info@ljubljana.si |Telephone=386 (0) 1 306 1276 |Fax=386 (0) 1 306 1208

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Ljubljana Urban Municipality covers a total area of 275 square kilometres and has a population of 264,269 people (2002) living in 38 settlements. It is one of 11 Slovene Urban Municipalities and incorporates the Slovene capital city of Ljubljana, the country’s largest city as well as its political, administrative, economic, educational and cultural centre. The Municipality of Ljubljana has signed a number of inter-municipal agreements with other cities of the world: in 1964 with Pesaro and Parma (Italy), in 1966 with Chemnitz (Germany), in 1967 with Bratislava (Slovakia), in 1969 with Sousse (Tunisia), in 1977 with Wiesbaden (Germany) and Tbilisi (Georgia), in 1979 with Leverkusen (Germany) and Rijeka (Croatia), in 1981 with Chengdu (China), in 1999 with Vienna (Austria) in 2000 with Athens (Greece) and Moscow (Russia), in 2001 with Zagreb (Croatia) and in 2002 with Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Municipal departments responsible for culture Culture and Research Activities Department Art colonies Križanke International Art Colony Awards Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana Festival organisers Festival Ljubljana Festivals Ljubljana Summer Festival Slovene Music Days Heritage sites Ljubljana Castle Tivoli Mansion Libraries Bežigrad Library Oton Župančič Library Prežihov Voranc Library Šiška Library Museums and galleries Architecture Museum of Ljubljana City Gallery, Ljubljana City Museum of Ljubljana International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana Jožef Štefan Institute (IJS) Gallery Kresija Gallery Magistrat Gallery Theatre companies Ljubljana Puppet Theatre