Official Name: | Pako |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Borovnica |
Area Total Km2: | 2.5 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 167 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9398°N 14.3713°W |
Elevation M: | 349 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Pako (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpaːkɔ/; in older sources also Pekel[2]) is a village north of Borovnica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
The origin of the name Pako is unknown. The settlement was attested in written sources in 1300 as Pach (and also as Pagk in 1439 and Pakh in 1496).[4] The standardized spelling Pekel was also used.[2] [5]
The local church in Pako is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Parish of Borovnica.[6] A church at the site was first mentioned in written sources in 1526 and the current structure dates from 1717.[7]