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Zadar County ( hr, Zadarska
županija
''Županija'' (singular; plural ''županije'') or ''Župnija'' (singular; plural ''župnije'') is a South Slavic administrative subdivision.
For the etymology, see Župa.
The term Županija is used in:
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* Cantons o ...
) is a county in
Croatia
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, it encompasses northern
Dalmatia
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and southeastern
Lika. Its seat is the city of
Zadar
Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serv ...
.
Geography
Among the largest towns in the county of Zadar are:
Zadar
Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serv ...
,
Benkovac
Benkovac () is a town in the interior of Zadar County, Croatia.
Geography
Benkovac is located where the plain of Ravni Kotari and the karstic plateau of Bukovica meet, 20 km from the town of Biograd na Moru and 30 km from Zadar. Th ...
,
Bibinje
Bibinje (, it, Argimbusi, la, Vibiana) is a village and a municipality in southern Croatia, situated southeast from Zadar, between the Adriatic tourist road and the sea, having a four-kilometer coastline with beaches and pathways. According to ...
,
Biograd
Biograd na Moru (), shortened to simply Biograd (), is a town in northern Dalmatia, Croatia and is significant for being another capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia. Biograd is administratively part of the Zadar County. It is located on th ...
,
Nin,
Obrovac and
Pag.
The county of Zadar includes the
islands
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of
Dugi otok
Dugi Otok (; Croatian for "Long Island", it, Isola Lunga) is the seventh largest island in the Adriatic Sea, part of Croatia. It is located off the Dalmatian coast, west of Zadar. It is the largest and westernmost of the Zadarian Islands, and d ...
,
Ugljan
Ugljan () is a Croatian island and the first in the Zadar Archipelago. It is located northwest of the island of Pašman and southeast of the islands of Rivanj and Sestrunj. Separated from the mainland by the Zadar Channel, it is connected with ...
,
Pašman
Pašman () is an Adriatic island off the coast of northern Dalmatia in Croatia with an area of 60.11 km2,
located to the south of Zadar, surrounded by the islands of Ugljan to the northwest, Iž to the west, and Dugi Otok and Žut to the ...
, Molat, Lavdara, Zverinac, Vir and most of
Pag, as well as a number of other, smaller islands. It also features the
Paklenica
The Paklenica karst river canyon is a national park in Croatia. It is near Starigrad, northern Dalmatia, on the southern slopes of Velebit mountain, not far from Zadar. It contains two canyons, Mala (Small) and Velika (Big) Paklenica. Today the ...
national park.
The county's
area
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A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...
is 7,854 km
2, 3,646 km
2 is land, which accounts for 6.4% of the territory of Croatia. The sea area of the county is 3,632 km
2 (around 12% of the territorial waters) and the insular area is 580 km
2, with more than 300 smaller and larger islands (
Zadar Archipelago
The Zadar Archipelago ( hr, Zadarski arhipelag, it, Archipelago zaratino) is a group of islands in the Adriatic Sea, near the Croatian city of Zadar.
Main islands
* Dugi Otok
* Galešnjak
* Iž
* Lavdara
* Ošljak
* Pašman
* Rava
* Riva ...
). The length of its coastline (including the islands) is 1,300 km.
Administrative division
Zadar County is divided into:
* City
**
Zadar
Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serv ...
* Towns
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Benkovac
Benkovac () is a town in the interior of Zadar County, Croatia.
Geography
Benkovac is located where the plain of Ravni Kotari and the karstic plateau of Bukovica meet, 20 km from the town of Biograd na Moru and 30 km from Zadar. Th ...
**
Biograd na Moru
Biograd na Moru (), shortened to simply Biograd (), is a town in northern Dalmatia, Croatia and is significant for being another capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia. Biograd is administratively part of the Zadar County. It is located on th ...
**
Nin
**
Obrovac
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Pag
* Municipalities
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Bibinje
Bibinje (, it, Argimbusi, la, Vibiana) is a village and a municipality in southern Croatia, situated southeast from Zadar, between the Adriatic tourist road and the sea, having a four-kilometer coastline with beaches and pathways. According to ...
**
Galovac
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Gračac
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Jasenice
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Kali
Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hinduism, Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In t ...
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Kolan
Kolan is a settlement and municipality in Zadar County
Zadar County ( hr, Zadarska županija ) is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika. Its seat is the city of Zadar.
Geography
Among the largest tow ...
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Kukljica
Kukljica is a village on the island of Ugljan in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are 714 inhabitants, 98% which are Croats.
Attractions
Kukljica is a tourist and fishing town on the southeastern side of the island of Ugljan close ...
**
Lišane Ostrovičke
Lišane Ostrovičke is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County. According to the 2001 census, there are 764 inhabitants, 93% of which are Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share ...
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Novigrad
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Pakoštane
Pakoštane is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County.
It is a tourist town with many gravel beaches and pine woods.
Geography
According to the 2011 census, there are 4,123 inhabitants, in the following naselja, settlements: ...
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Pašman
Pašman () is an Adriatic island off the coast of northern Dalmatia in Croatia with an area of 60.11 km2,
located to the south of Zadar, surrounded by the islands of Ugljan to the northwest, Iž to the west, and Dugi Otok and Žut to the ...
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Polača
Polača is a village and a municipality in Croatia in Zadar County.
According to the 2011 census, there are 1,468 inhabitants, in the following settlements:
* Donja Jagodnja, population 113
* Gornja Jagodnja, population 85
* Kakma, population ...
**
Poličnik
**
Posedarje
**
Povljana
Povljana is a village and municipality on the island of Pag, in Zadar County, Croatia. It is located 12 km southeast of town of Pag. The nearby shoreline has steep slopes and small cliffs.
According to the 2011 census, there are 759 inhabi ...
**
Preko
Preko ( lit. "Across") is a village and a municipality in Zadar County, Croatia. It is situated, as the name suggests, opposite of Zadar, on the island of Ugljan. Its old centre consists of typical Dalmatian architecture with numerous patrician ...
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Privlaka
**
Ražanac
**
Sali
**
Stankovci
Stankovci is a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County. According to the 2011 census, there are 2,003 inhabitants, of which the majority are Croats.
Settlements
The settlements in the community are:
* Banjevci
* Bila Vlaka
Bila Vlaka is ...
**
Starigrad
**
Sukošan
**
Sveti Filip i Jakov
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Škabrnja
Škabrnja is a village in northern Dalmatia, Croatia, located halfway between Zadar and Benkovac in the lowland region of Ravni Kotari. Its municipality is also called Škabrnja, and it includes Škabrnja with a population of 1,413 as well as the ...
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Tkon
Tkon is a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County. According to the 2011 census, there are 763 inhabitants, 98% which are Croats.
It is located on the island of Pašman and is connected by ferry to the mainland town of Biograd na Moru.
Hist ...
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Vir
Vir (; it, Puntadura, Dalmatian: ''Punta de Ura'') is an island on the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea with an area of 22 km2.
It lies in Dalmatia, north of the city of Zadar. It is connected to the mainland via a road bridge. The mai ...
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Vrsi
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Zemunik Donji
County government
See
organization of Croatian counties.
, the
Župan
Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrative unit župa (or zhupa, županija) ...
is Božidar Longin of the
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), and the county assembly's 42 representatives are affiliated as follows:
* Croatian Democratic Union: 15
*
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP): 8
*
Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević
Croatian may refer to:
*Croatia
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: 5
* ''Akcija mladih'': 3
* ''Lista grupe birača'': 2
*
Croatian Party of Pensioners
The Croatian Party of Pensioners ( hr, Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika or HSU) is a Croatian Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Croatia, political party that is currently led by Veselko Gabričević.
When the party was ...
(HSU): 2
*
Croatian Peasants Party
The Croatian Peasant Party ( hr, Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS) is an agrarian political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The Brothers Radić believed that ...
(HSS): 1
*
Croatian Social Liberal Party
The Croatian Social Liberal Party ( hr, Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka or HSLS) is a conservative-liberal political party in Croatia. The HSLS was formed in 1989 as the first Croatian political party formed after the reintroduction of mult ...
(HSLS): 1
*
Croatian Party of Rights
The Croatian Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP) is an extra-parliamentary nationalist political party in Croatia. The "right(s)" in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonom ...
(HSP): 1
* Democratic Party of Pensioners (DSU): 1
*
Croatian Pure Party of Rights
Croatian Pure Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska čista stranka prava or HČSP) is a far-right political party in Croatia founded in 1992. The party claims to be an ideological descendant of the identically named right-wing Anti-Serb sentiment, Serb ...
(HČSP): 1
*
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
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It was formed in 2010 by a former trade unionist and People's Party MP Dragutin Lesa ...
: 1
* Independent: 1
Demographics
![Zadar County Population Pyramid Census 2011 ENG](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Zadar_County_Population_Pyramid_Census_2011_ENG.png)
According to the 2011 census, Zadar County has population of 170,017, accounting for 4.0% of the total Croatia's population.
Croats
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make up the majority with 92.57% of the population, while
Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
,
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...
,
Albanians
The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se ...
and
Italians
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form the remainder.
Infrastructure
The County of Zadar plays a leading role in road and railway traffic links between northern and southern Croatia.
The
Adriatic Highway
The Adriatic Highway ( hr, Jadranska magistrala) is a road that stretches along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and is part of the European route E65. The road passes through Croatia, with smaller stretches through Bosnia and Herzegovin ...
, the main road along the
Adriatic Sea
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passes through the county, as does 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 ...
, completed as far as Split in 2005. The Zagreb-
Knin
Knin (, sr, link=no, Книн, it, link=no, Tenin) is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagr ...
-Split
railway
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line with branch-lines to Zadar and
Šibenik
Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...
pass through the county.
Maritime traffic is carried by the coastal route of the Adriatic Sea, by the Zadar-
Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...
international car ferry route which is the shortest link between Central Europe and Italy, via Zagreb and Zadar to Rome and southward. Another route by which intensive traffic is carried is Zadar - Maslenica Bridge - St. Rok Tunnel - Zagreb.
The Zadar Airport has recently been reconstructed and modernised. With runway improvements still to be undertaken it will eventually have the capacity to handle jumbo-jets.
There is also a very frequent maritime passenger port in the town of Zadar and the cargo maritime port in the
Gaženica
Gaženica is a suburb of Zadar, Croatia, located about 3 miles southeast from the city center, by the Adriatic Sea. It is connected by the D424 highway.
Port of Gaženica
Gaženica is location of the commercial port of the city of Zadar—Por ...
area whose current manipulative capacity amounts to one million tonnes per year. A construction of a wharf would raise this significantly. The port's manipulative and warehouse capacities are used only in part.
Economy
![Park prirode Velebit - Krupa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Park_prirode_Velebit_-_Krupa.jpg)
The Ravni Kotari area constitutes the greater part of the county's inland, containing most of the cultivated farmland and towns having industry, crafts, trade and traffic development potential.
Tourism is one of the county's most important industries, owing to its geographical position, mild climate, indented coast, clear sea, numerous bays, inlets and beaches on 1,300 km of the sea coast and islands. Tourist amenities of the Zadar County are also the areas of outstanding natural beauty: the
Velebit
Velebit (; it, Alpi Bebie) is the largest, though not the highest, mountain range in Croatia. The range forms a part of the Dinaric Alps and is located along the Adriatic coast, separating it from Lika in the interior. Velebit begins in the nor ...
, Telaščica and
Paklenica
The Paklenica karst river canyon is a national park in Croatia. It is near Starigrad, northern Dalmatia, on the southern slopes of Velebit mountain, not far from Zadar. It contains two canyons, Mala (Small) and Velika (Big) Paklenica. Today the ...
and adjacent
Krka and
Kornati
The Kornati archipelago (; it, Isole Incoronate) of Croatia, also known as the Stomorski islands, is located in the northern part of Dalmatia, south from Zadar and west from Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin County. With length and 89 islands, som ...
national parks in the south and the
Plitvice Lakes Plitvice or Plitvička jezera can refer to:
* Plitvice Lakes National Park, the largest and oldest national park in Croatia
* Plitvička Jezera, a municipality of Lika-Senj County, Croatia
See also
* Plitvica (disambiguation)
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national park in the north.
References
External links
Official site of Zadar CountyZadar tourist informationInfo Zadar
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Counties of Croatia
Dalmatia