Zadar

Zadar (Italian Zara) is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of 72,718 (2001). Absolute majority of its citizens are Croats with 92.77% (2001 census).

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It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Zadar is geographically located at 44:26N Latitude, 15:03E Longitude.

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In the 9th century BC Zadar was settled by the Liburnians, a tribe of Illyrians. After 59 BC Zadar became a Roman municipium, and in 48 BC a colony of Roman citizens. It maintained its autonomy throughout the Middle Ages. Upon the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the destruction of Salona in the early 7th century, Zadar became the capital of the Byzantine province of Dalmatia, as well as the governor's headquarters.

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