Zemunik Donji is a municipality in the

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. According to the 2011 census, there were 2,060 inhabitants, 91% of whom were

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. The

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of Zemunik Donji is located in the Ravni Kotari region. The area of the municipality is 54.8 km², and it consists of the settlements Zemunik Donji, Zemunik Gornji and Smoković.

Climate

Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station in Zemunik was , on 5 August 2017. The coldest temperature was , on 28 February 2018.

Demographics

In 2021, the municipality had 2,159 residents in the following settlements: * Smoković, population 165 *Zemunik Donji, population 1557 * Zemunik Gornji, population 437

Politics

Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the

2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections The 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections () were held on 7 May in certain regional (counties) and local administrative units (municipalities and towns & cities). Background Elections were announced in Nar ...

Serbs of Croatia The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Хрватски Срби, Hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in C ...

fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Zemunik Donji but the elections were not held due to the absence of candidatures.

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Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Zadar County {{Zadar-geo-stub