Vrgorac (, it, Vergoraz) is a town in

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in the

Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia County ( hr, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija ) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242 (2011). The land area is 14.106,40 km2. Split-Dalm ...

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 Orah (Serbo-Croatian for "walnut") may refer to: Places Bosnia and Herzegovina * Orah, Bileća, a village in Bileća, Republika Srpska * Orah, Rudo, a village in Rudo, Republika Srpska * Orah, Ravno, a village in Ravno, Federation of Bosnia and ...

, 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 Zavojane is a small village in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. It is in the jurisdiction of Vrgorac, southeast of Split. It lies just below Sveti Mihovil mountain, which is high. History Zavojane was first mentioned in documents of t ...

, population 308 In the 2011 census, 99% of the population were

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

Prehistory

In the area ''Veliki Vanik'' two early or middle Bronze Age individuals were found, probably Proto-Illyrians, one was genetically determined as haplogroup J2b2a1.

Notable people

* Tin Ujević (1891–1955), poet * Stipe Božić (born 1951), mountaineer, filmmaker, photographer; second European to climb Mt. Everest twice. * Nikola Vujčić (born 1978), basketball player and team manager of

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

* Bonaventura Radonić (1888-1945), Franciscan, philosopher, professor

References

Vrgorska krajina

External links

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