Žaga (pronounced [ˈʒaːɡa]; Italian: Saga[2]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Soča River in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The turn for the road to Resia in Italy is in the middle of the settlement.

Žaga
Žaga Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°18′4.67″N 13°28′41.47″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Bovec
Area
• Total	25.78 km2 (9.95 sq mi)
Elevation	419.1 m (1,375.0 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	312
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
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Geography

Boka Falls is a waterfall on Boka Creek in the northeast part of the settlement. There are also two other waterfalls on Globoka Creek in the western part of the settlement.[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Žaga include:

• Oskar Hudales (1905–1968), writer, translator, and teacher[3]
• Anton Ocvirk (1907–1980), literary historian[3]
• Stane Žagar (1896–1942), communist activist and people's hero of Yugoslavia[3]

References

External links

• Media related to Žaga at Wikimedia Commons
• Žaga at Geopedia

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