Krk
Krk (; ; ; ; archaic German: ''Vegl'', ; ) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Krk is tied with Cres as the largest Adriatic island, depending on the methodology used to measure the Coastline paradox, coastline. Krk is the most populous island in the Adriatic, with multiple towns and villages that contain a total of 19,916 (2021) inhabitants. History Prehistory Archaeological findings indicate that the island was inhabited continuously since the Neolithic period, although very little information about the earliest people is known. In later periods, Greek and Latin sources refer to {{{lang, grc, Κύριστα (Ancient Greek) or {{lang, la, Curicta (Latin language, Latin) as one of the Apsyrtidian or Electridian islands held by the people known as Liburnians. The Liburnians called the island "Curicum", which is the name assumed to have been given to the island by its origina ...
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