Croatia :: Dalmatia
Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija, Italian: Dalmazia) is a region on the eastern
coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia,
spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest
and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. The hinterland,
Inner Dalmatia (Dalmatinska Zagora), ranges from fifty kilometers in width
in the north but narrows to just a few kilometers wide in the south. Croatian
Dalmatia is composed of four counties, the capital cities of which are Zadar,
Šibenik, Split and Dubrovnik. Other larger cities in Dalmatia include Biograd,
Kaštela, Sinj, Solin, Omiš, Knin, Metković, Makarska, Trogir, Ploče, Trilj and Imotski. The larger Dalmatian islands are Dugi
Otok, Ugljan, Pašman,
Brač, Hvar, Korčula, Vis, Lastovo and Mljet.
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