D512 (Croatia)
D512 is a state road connecting Makarska and Ravča on D62 state road, near A1 motorway Ravča interchange. The road serves as a connecting road to the A1 motorway for Makarska, Tučepi, Podgora and Drvenik. The road is long. The road, as well as all other state roads in Croatia, is managed and maintained by Hrvatske ceste, state owned company. Traffic volume Traffic is regularly counted and reported by Hrvatske ceste, operator of the road. Substantial variations between annual (AADT) and summer (ASDT) traffic volumes are attributed to the fact that the road serves as a connection to the A1 motorway A1, A-1, A01 or A.1. may refer to: Education * A1, the Basic Language Certificate of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages * Language A1, the former name for "Language A: literature", one of the IB Group 1 subjects * A1, a ... and the D8 state road carrying substantial tourist traffic. Road junctions and populated areas Sources {{State r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hrvatske Ceste
Hrvatske ceste (lit. ''Croatian roads'') is a Croatian state-owned company pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act ( hr, Zakon o javnim cestama enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia. The tasks of the company are defined by the Public Roads Act and its Founding Declaration, and the principal task of the company is management, construction and maintenance of public roads. In practice, Hrvatske ceste are responsible for the state roads in Croatia (designated with ''D''), while county (''Ž'') and local (''L'') roads are managed by county authorities and the motorways (''A'') are managed by Hrvatske autoceste and other concessionaires. History The company is currently administered by a four-person managing board including chairman Josip Škorić and a three-member supervisory board. The company was first established on 6 April 2001, under the law promulgated on 5 April 2001, with the share capital of the company worth 128,898,200.00 Croatian kuna. Hr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vrgorac
Vrgorac (, it, Vergoraz) is a town in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. Demographics The total population of Vrgorac is 6,572 (census 2011), in the following settlements: * Banja, population 202 * Dragljane, population 52 * Draževitići, population 203 * Duge Njive, population 105 * Dusina, population 494 * Kljenak, population 86 * Kokorići, population 161 * Kotezi, population 278 * Kozica, population 56 * Mijaca, population 95 * Orah, population 268 * Podprolog, population 355 * Poljica Kozička, population 172 * Prapatnice, population 179 * Rašćane, population 130 * Ravča, population 154 * Stilja, population 320 * Umčani, population 227 * Veliki Prolog, population 499 * Vina, population 134 * Višnjica, population 14 * Vlaka, population 41 * Vrgorac, population 2,039 * Zavojane, population 308 In the 2011 census, 99% of the population were Croats. Prehistory In the area ''Veliki Vanik'' two early or middle Bronze Age individuals were found, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zagvozd
Zagvozd is a village and a seat of Zagvozd municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. In 2011 it had a population of 767. Municipality Zagvozd is a seat of the Municipalities of Croatia, municipality of the same name. It includes the villages of: Biokovsko Selo, Krstatice, Rastovac, Split-Dalmatia County, Rastovac, Rašćane Gornje, Župa, Split-Dalmatia County, Župa, Župa Srednja and Zagvozd. In 2011, the municipality had a population of 1,642 (2001 census), 99% of which are ethnic Croats. History From 1941 to 1945, Zagvozd was part of the Independent State of Croatia. In the settlements of Zagvozd and Rastovac, Split-Dalmatia County, Rastovac, at least 190 lost their lives over the course of the war. Zagvozd was the site of a 1945 torture and massacre of 18 friars and civilians, committed by Yugoslav Partisans. Their remains were discovered in 2005. DNA analysis in Split (city), Split revealed the identities of three of the victims as Franciscan friars from the t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brač
Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of , making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide. The island's tallest peak, Vidova gora, or Mount St. Vid, stands at , making it the highest island point of the Adriatic islands. The island has a population of 13,931, living in twenty-two settlements, ranging from the main town Supetar, with more than 3,400 inhabitants, to Murvica, where less than two dozen people live. Brač Airport on Brač is the largest airport of all islands surrounding Split. Brač is known as a tourist destination, for the Zlatni Rat beach in Bol, the marina in Milna, the white limestone which was used for the palace of Diocletian, the stone mason school in Pučišća, the oldest preserved text written in the Croatian language, the author Vladimir Nazor, its olive oil with protected designation of origin, the Kopačina cave ne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sumartin
Sumartin (, Previously known as Sv. Martin) is a port village in Croatia on the island of Brač. It is the youngest village on the island of Brač and administratively belongs to Municipality of Selca. According to 2011 census, it has a population of 491. Village was founded on 11 November 1646 - the feast day of Saint Martin - by the refugees from the Dalmatian coast and Bosnia and Herzegovina who fled from the Ottomans. It is connected by the D113 highway and by ferry. History Sumartin was established at the time of Cretan War (1645–69), also known as the War of Candia, in 1646. when a group of Franciscan friars accompanied by a number of refugees reached the easternmost tip of the island of Brač by boats as they were fleeing from Makarska Riviera due to Ottoman raids. The newly formed village was established around the already existing abandoned small church of St. Martin which had been previously damaged but repaired by the refugees upon their arrival. As the settlem ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baška Voda
Baška Voda () is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. It has a population of 2,775 (2011 census), 96.2% of which are Croats. It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia 10 km northwest of Makarska. Climate Baška Voda has very pleasant Mediterranean climate with many sunny days. History The name Baška Voda is mythological in origin and is linked with Biston, the patriarch of the Thracian Biston tribe, son of Ares, the Greek god of war, and the goddess Calliope, protectress of water. The military fort and springs near Baška Voda bear out this theory. Some of the richest archaeological sites that have yielded finds from Roman times are on the heights of Gradina and its surroundings. These include burial sites with urns, lamps, jewellery, coins with the head of Alexander Severus Aurelianus and headstones bearing the names of 13 of the ancient inhabitants of Baška Voda, the loveliest of which commemorates a boy called Ursinus, who died in a s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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AADT
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a year divided by 365 days. AADT is a simple, but useful, measurement of how busy the road is. AADT is the standard measurement for vehicle traffic load on a section of road, and the basis for most decisions regarding transport planning, or to the environmental hazards of pollution related to road transport. Uses One of the most important uses of AADT is for determining funding for the maintenance and improvement of highways. In the United States the amount of federal funding a state will receive is related to the total traffic measured across its highway network. Each year on June 15, every state in the United States submits Highway Performance Monitoring System HPMS">Highway Performance Monitoring System">Highway Performance Monitoring Sy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drvenik (Makarska)
Drvenik ( it, Dervenico) is a village in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, in Gradac municipality, located between Makarska and Ploče. Drvenik lies in two bays (Gornja vala and Donja vala) surrounded by the mountain range Biokovo. Drvenik has a ferry port with multiple arrivals and departures per day. Industries The main industry is tourism. Other industries include fishing and agriculture, especially goats and olives. See also *Croatia *Makarska Makarska (; it, Macarsca, ; german: Macharscha) is a town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split (city), Split and northwest of Dubrovnik, in the Split-Dalmatia County. Makarska is a prominent regional tourist center, ... * Gradac References https://www.croatia-expert.com/drvenik/ Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County Populated coastal places in Croatia {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |