Krk

Krk (Italian Veglia) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county.

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Italian - Croatia - Adriatic Sea - Rijeka - Bay of Kvarner - Primorje-Gorski Kotar county

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Krk is the second largest Adriatic island, with an area of 405 km² (exactly 405,218.994 m², just slightly smaller than Cres), and also the second most populous one, with numerous towns and villages totalling 16,402 (2001).

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The eponymous city of Krk has 5,491 inhabitants (2001), while there are also smaller municipalities like Omi?alj (2,998), Malinska-Duba?nica (2,726), Punat (1,876), Mo??eni?ka Draga (1,641), Ba?ka (1,554).

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Omi?alj - Malinska - Duba?nica - Punat - Mo??eni?ka Draga - Ba?ka

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Krk is located rather near the mainland and has been connected to it via a 1,430 m long two-arch concrete bridge since 1980, one of the longest concrete bridges in the world. Due to the proximity to the city of Rijeka, Omi?alj also hosts the Rijeka International Airport as well as an oil refinery (related to the Rijeka port tanker facilities). A monastery lies on the small island of Ko?ljun in a bay off the coast of Krk.

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1980 - Airport - Oil refinery - Port - Ko?ljun

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Krk has historically been a center of Croatian culture. Various literature in Glagolitic alphabet was created and in part preserved on Krk (notably the Ba?ka Tablet, the oldest preserved text in Croatian). Krk was also the seat of medieval bishops and important nobility, the Frankopans.

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Croatian - Glagolitic alphabet - Ba?ka Tablet - Croatian - Bishop - Frankopan

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