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Bleiburg is a small town in the south Austrian state of Carinthia, south-east of Klagenfurt, in the district of Völkermarkt, some four kilometres from the border with Slovenia.The municipality consists of the twelve Katastralgemeinden Aich, Bleiburg, Grablach, Kömmel, Moos, Oberloibach, Rinkenberg, Sankt Margarethen, Schattenberg, Unterloibach, Weißenstein and Woroujach . According to a 2001 census, 30.4% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes .GeographyThe border town is located in the valley of the Feistritz creek, a right tributary of the Drava, north of the Peca massif of the Karavanke mountain range. It is home to a district court, military barracks and to the local productive and services industry. The name of Bleiburg, literally meaning 'Lead Castle', can be attributed to the lead mining operations in the Peca mountain.

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