Župa Dubrovačka is a municipality and a valley located in
Dubrovnik-Neretva County in south-eastern
Croatia
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.
Župa Dubrovačka stretches between
Dubrovnik
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, the old ''Ragusa'' in the west and
Cavtat
Cavtat (, ) is a village in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. It is on the Adriatic Sea coast south of Dubrovnik and is the centre and the main settlement of Konavle municipality.
History
Antiquity
The original city was founded by the ...
, the ancient
Epidaurus
Epidaurus () was a small city (''polis'') in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros: ''Palaia Epidavros'' and ''Nea Epidavros''. Since 2010 they belong to the new municipality of Epi ...
in the east, between the settlements of Dubac and Plat. The three islands Supetar,
Mrkan and Bobara anchored right in front of the bay protect it from the open sea and from the north the hilly slopes of the Upper Župa. Tourist resorts are clustered along the coast.
Župa Dubrovačka is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the
First Category Area of Special State Concern by the
Government of Croatia.
Demographics
The municipality had 8,331 inhabitants in 2011, 95% of which were
Croats
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. The largest village of the municipality is
Čibača with 2,039 inhabitants.
In 2021, the municipality had 8,705 residents in the following 17 settlements:
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Brašina, population 793
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Buići, population 356
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Čelopeci, population 497
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Čibača, population 2,039
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Donji Brgat, population 133
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Gornji Brgat, population 178
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Grbavac, population 89
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Kupari, population 950
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Makoše, population 166
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Mandaljena, population 361
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Martinovići, population 111
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Mlini, population 933
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Petrača, population 953
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Plat
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, population 313
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Soline, population 273
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Srebreno, population 382
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Zavrelje, population 178
References
External links
Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Municipalities of Croatia
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