Sveti Juraj
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Sveti Juraj is a
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
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. It is on the Adriatic coast, on the D8 highway between
Senj Senj is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains. The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress () which was completed in 1558. For a time this was the seat of the Uskoks, who were ...
and
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. A minor road leads inland to the
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and the village of Krasno. Offshore from the harbour is a small island called Otočić Lisac.


Sports

The local HPS chapter was called ''HPD "Zavižan"'', but it was liquidated on 17 June 1935.


Notable people

* Dragutin Prica, Austro-Hungarian and Yugoslav admiral


References


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Dialectology

* ** Review: ** Review: Populated places in Lika-Senj County {{LikaSenj-geo-stub