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Motnik, a village in the Tuhinj Valley The Tuhinj Valley ( pronounced  [tuˈxiːn] ; Slovene: Tuhinjska dolina ) is a valley in Slovenia linking the Celje Basin with the Ljubljana Basin in an east-west direction along the courses of the Nevljica and Motnišnica rivers. Contents 1 Geography 2 Name 3 Industry 4 References 5 External links Geography The western part of the valley was formed by the watershed of the Nevljica, flowing into the Kamnik Bistrica, and the narrower, eastern part by the Motnišnica, a tributary of the Savinja River. Their drainage divide is at the Kozjak Pass at an elevation of 655 m between Cirkuše v Tuhinju and Špitalič. The largest settlements in the valley include Laze v Tuhinju, Šmartno v Tuhinju, and Motnik. The large number of old settlements points to the fact that the valley was an important thoroughfare in the Middle Ages and later as a passage between Lower Styria and Upper Carniola. Name The Tuhinj region was mentioned in written sources circa 1400 ...