Ričice is a village in the municipality of

Proložac Proložac is a municipality in Split–Dalmatia County, Croatia. It borders Herzegovina and some Croatian municipalities such as Imotski and Lovreć. Demographics In 2021, the municipality had 3,112 residents in the following 5 settlements: * ...

, in inland

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History

On 25 March 2022 at 13:17 the ''ŽVOC Split'' received a call about a

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in the area. of

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forest burned by the time it was put out at 17:00 on the 27th, despite the intervention of a

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and firefighting-equipped

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Climate

Since records began in 1993, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at the barrier was , on 18 July 2007. The coldest temperature was , on 14 February 2012.

Demographics

References

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