Kraj is a settlement in the

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of Dicmo,

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, and its administrative center. In 2021, its population was 689. Kraj consists of the hamlets of Brda, Grubuša Velika, Kraj Osoje, Kraj Sušci and Križice. The village houses the parish church of the Dicmo Donje parish, dedicated to Saint James the Apostle and

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, built in the

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style in 1934. The old parish church is located at the cemetery and was built sometime before 1709. One of the stations of the Split–Sinj railway was in Kraj from 1902 to 1962. In 2024, a theme park was dedicated to the railway next to the old cut-stone station building.

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Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub