Hvar

Hvar (old names Pharos/Lesina) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast. The island is spread out from west to east to around 80 km.

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Hvar is separated from the island of Bra? by the Hvar Channel (Hvarski kanal), from Vis by the Vis Channel, from Kor?ula by the Kor?ula Channel, from Pelje?ac by the Neretva Channel, while the east cape of the island is located just three nautical miles away from the mainland.

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The major divisions of the island include:

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• the town of Hvar (population 4,138 in 2001), the site of the first public theatre in Europe, opened in 1612
• the town of Stari Grad, located on the north part of the island (population 2,817 in 2001), the site of one of the first human settlements on the Adriatic islands during the antiquity
• Jelsa is a town in the central-northern part of the island (population 3,672 in 2001)
• Plame, the eastern part of the island, is a thin slice of land and the island is narrower towards the north. The small town of Su?uraj (population 387 in 2001), more than 2,300 years old, is located on the east cape of the island.

Along the southern coast of the island there are several more smaller islands, notably the Paklenski otoci in the west and the ??edro island in the south.

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People of Hvar mostly live from fishing and tourism. It has a very mild Mediterranean climate, beautiful beaches and Meditarranean vegetation that attracts tourists.

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Hvar is administratively part of the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia.

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Croatia: The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic in the SFR Yugoslavia, but it achieved independence in 1991. It is a candidate for membership of the European Union....

Adriatic Sea: The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges....

Dalmatia: Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian ?????????) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, mostly in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast....