Dubrovnik | |
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Ceety | |
Ceety o Dubrovnik Grad Dubrovnik | |
The wawed ceety o Dubrovnik | |
Eik-name(s): "Pearl o the Adriatic", "Thesaurum mundi" | |
Coordinates: 42°38′25″N 18°06′30″E / 42.64028°N 18.10833°ECoordinates: 42°38′25″N 18°06′30″E / 42.64028°N 18.10833°E | |
Kintra | Croatie |
Coonty | Dubrovnik-Neretva Coonty |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Andro Vlahušić (CPP) |
Area | |
• Ceety | 21.35 km2 (8.24 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Ceety | 42,641 |
• Urban | 28,113 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 20000 |
Area code(s) | 020 |
Vehicle registration | DU |
Dubrovnik (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈdǔbroːʋniːk]) (Italian: Ragusa), is a Croatian ceety on the Adriatic Sea coast poseetioned at the terminal end o the Isthmus o Dubrovnik. It is ane o the maist prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport an the centre o Dubrovnik-Neretva coonty. Its population wis 43,770 in 2001,[2] doun frae 49,728 in 1991.[3] In 1979, the ceety o Dubrovnik jyned the UNESCO leet o Warld Heritage Steids.
The prosperity o the ceety o Dubrovnik haes aaways been based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Republic o Ragusa, forby kent as Maritime Republic (thegither wi Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa, Venice an ither ceeties), it becam the anerlie eastren Adriatic ceety-state tae rival Venice. Supportit bi its walth an skilled diplomacy, the ceety achieved a remarkable level o development, parteecularly durin the 15t an 16t centuries. Awbeit demilitarised in the 1970s wi the intent o foriver protectin it frae war devastation, in 1991, efter the breakup o Yugoslavie, it wis besieged bi Serb-Montenegrin forces for 7 month an hivily damaged bi shellin.
In Croatian, the ceety is kent as Dubrovnik; in Italian as Ragusa, an its historical name in Greek is Raiyia (Ραυγια) or Ragousa (Ραγουσα).
The current Croatian name wis offeecially adoptit in 1918 efter the faw o Austrick–Hungary. It is referred tae as Dubrovnik in the first offeecial document o the treaty wi the Bosnian Ban Kulin an aa.
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