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Vrgorac
Vrgorac () is a town in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. Climate Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was , on 4 August 2017. The coldest temperature was , on 7 January 2017. Demographics The total population of Vrgorac is 6,572 (census 2011), in the following settlements: * Banja, population 202 * Dragljane, population 52 * Draževitići, population 203 * Duge Njive, population 105 * Dusina, population 494 * Kljenak, population 86 * Kokorići, population 161 * Kotezi, population 278 * Kozica, population 56 * Mijaca, population 95 * Orah, population 268 * Podprolog, population 355 * Poljica Kozička, population 172 * Prapatnice, population 179 * Rašćane, population 130 * Ravča, population 154 * Stilja, population 320 * Umčani, population 227 * Veliki Prolog, population 499 * Vina, population 134 * Višnjica, population 14 * Vlaka, population 41 * Vrgorac, population 2,039 * Zavojane, population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozica, Vrgorac
Kozica is a small village in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. It is in the jurisdiction of Vrgorac, southeast of Split (city), Split. It is located at the base of the Sveti Mihovil mountain, which is high. History Kozica was first mentioned in documents of the Kreševskoj era in 1434. Prehistory There are more than sixteen ancient burial sites surrounding Kozica, dating from circa. 1900 B.C. to the late Medieval period. Nearby there are Tumulus, tumuli and Stećak, stećci, evidence of the habitation of ancient cattle breeders and warriors. Ottoman Empire When Vrgorac capitulated to the Ottoman Empire, Kozica most likely fell with the rest of the area. The spread of Islam into the region that came with the arrival of the Ottoman army concerned the occupants of the monastery in Makarska, who began to worry about the residents in Kozica and the surrounding region, fearing that many would convert to Islam. Post-Ottoman occupation After the liberation of inner Dalmatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rašćane, Vrgorac
Rašćane is a settlement within the area of the City of Vrgorac in Croatia. In 2021, its population was 107. Demographics Landmarks A hamlet within Rašćane, Veliki Godinj is a preserved cultural heritage site of Croatia. It is located on the northwestern slopes of the Biokovo mountain, some 2 km from the center of Rašćane. The settlement has a rural historical matrix, traditional architecture with stone houses, paved stone streets, water drainage channels, living quarters separate from stables and areas for threshing Threshing or thrashing is the process of loosening the edible part of grain (or other crop) from the straw to which it is attached. It is the step in grain preparation after reaping. Threshing does not remove the bran from the grain. History of ... grain. It is a well-organized agricultural landscape without modern interventions. A nearby chapel dedicated to St. Anthony has been built in the spirit of folk expressionism. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Youth List
Independent Youth List (, NLM) is a political party in Croatia. It was founded in 2016 by Ante Pranić, mayor of Vrgorac. Its headquarters are in Solin. The party is active mostly in Split-Dalmatia County where it has two assembly members. It runs local chapters in Solin, Drniš, Vrgorac and Dicmo. The party's incumbent president Petar Maretić is the president of Dicmo municipality, while NLM also holds the position of mayor of Vrgorac. Ante Pranić became mayor in 2014, defeating the ruling Croatian Democratic Union in the town for the first time in 23 years. The party was a part of The Bridge of Independent Lists platform in the 2016 Croatian parliamentary election. NLM didn't win a seat but Ante Pranić entered Sabor The Croatian Parliament () or the Sabor is the unicameral legislature of Croatia. Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the people and is vested with legislative power. The Sabor is composed of 151 members elected ... in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravča
Ravča is a village in Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze .... It is connected by the D62 and D512 roads. Since December 2008, the A1 motorway has an eponymous exit located west of the village. References Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalmatian Hinterland
The Dalmatian Hinterland () is the southern inland hinterland in the historical Croatian region of Dalmatia. The name means 'beyond (the) hills', which is a reference to the fact that it is the part of Dalmatia that is not coastal and the existence of the concordant coastline where hills run parallel to the coast. Geography Dalmatian Zagora, in the strict sense, spans from the hinterland east of Šibenik to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina and continues south to Vrgorac, just north of the Neum corridor. Its borders are present in two counties: Split-Dalmatia and Šibenik-Knin. The terrain in Zagora is fairly rugged: in the region immediately bordering the coastline, it is mostly flat but dry, mainly covered with ''makija'' (maquis, macchia). More inland, greener pastures can be seen, as the climate and elevations change. Karst topography dominates the landscape. The land is interspersed with river canyons, of Krka, Čikola, Cetina and others. One national park is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split-Dalmatia County
Split-Dalmatia County ( ) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242 (2011). The land area is 4.540 km2, the total area is 14.106,40 km2. Split-Dalmatia County is Croatia's most rapidly urbanising and developing region, as economic opportunities and living standards are among the highest alongside capital Zagreb and Istria County. Physically, the county is divided into three main parts: an elevated hinterland ('' Dalmatinska zagora'') with numerous karst fields; a narrow coastal strip with high population density; and the islands. Parts of the Dinaric Alps, including Dinara itself, form the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina while the Kozjak, Mosor and Biokovo mountains separate the coastal strip from the hinterland. Important economic activities include agriculture, manufacturing and fishing, though the most important one is tourism. The county is linked to the rest of Croatia by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Croatia
An urbanized area in Croatia can gain the status of ''grad'' (which can be translated as town or city as there is no distinction between the two terms in Croatian language, Croatian) if it meets one of the following requirements: # is the center of a Counties of Croatia, county (''županija''), or # has more than 10,000 residents, or # is defined by an exception (where the necessary historical, economic or geographic reasons exist) A city (town) represents an urban, historical, natural, economic and social whole. The suburbs comprising an economic and social whole with the city, connected with it by daily migration movements and daily needs of the population of local significance, may also be included into the composition of a city as unit of local self-government. ''Grad'' (city/town) is the local administrative equivalent of ''Municipalities of Croatia, općina'' (translated as "Municipalities of Croatia, municipality"), with the only distinction being that the former usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poljica Kozička
Poljica may refer to: * Republic of Poljica (Repubblica di Poglizza), an autonomous community near Omiš, Dalmatia which existed between the 13th and early 19th century * Poljica, Podbablje, a village near Imotski, Croatia * Poljica, Marina, a village near Marina, Croatia * Poljica, Krk, a village on the island of Krk, Croatia * , a village near Jelsa on the island of Hvar, Croatia * Poljica, Zadar County, a village near Vrsi, Croatia * Poljica, Danilovgrad, a village in the Danilovgrad Danilovgrad (Cyrillic: Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 6,852, according to the 2011 census. It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two la ... municipality See also * Poljice (other) {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
