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Motnik Motnik
Location in Slovenia
MotnikCoordinates: 46°12′58.17″N 14°53′25.72″E / 46.2161583°N 14.8904778°ECoordinates: 46°12′58.17″N 14°53′25.72″E / 46.2161583°N 14.8904778°E Country 
SloveniaRegion Upper Carniola Municipality Kamnik Area – Total 2.27 km2 (0.9 sq mi) Elevation 428.2 m (1,405 ft) Population (2002) – Total 163 [1] Motnik is a village in the Tuhinj Valley in the Kamnik municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The Parish Church in Motnik is dedicated to Saint George and is a Baroque building with 19th century furnishings. Close by is a smaller church, the chapel of Mary Magdalene. Close to the settlement is also an abandoned brown coal mine in which the fossilized remains of a Pygmy Rhinoceros were discovered in 1910. They were found to be 25 million years old and are now displayed in a small museum in the village[2].
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Kamnik Settlements Administrative centre: Kamnik
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- Kamnik geography stubs
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