Istria
Istria
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Historical land | |
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| Country | Croatia Slovenia Italy |
| Largest city | Pula |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 324,300[1][2][3] |
| Demonym | Istrian |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Istria (/ˈɪstriə/ IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria; Istriot: Eîstria; Istro-Romanian: Istria; Latin: Histria; Ancient Greek: Ἱστρία) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy,[4][5] 90% of its area being part of Croatia.[6] Most of Croatian Istria is part of Istria County.[7]
- ^ "Croatian census - 2001. Press Released Data, Censuses and look for the tabel: Population by Mother Tongue, by Towns/Municipalities". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
- ^ "Slovenian Census - 2002". Archived from the original on 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Statistical and ethnographic study about the Slovene in the Provincia di Trieste". Archived from the original on 2012-11-20.
- ^ Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer, History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th And 20th Centuries, John Benjamins Publishing Co. (2006), ISBN 90-272-3453-1
- ^ Alan John Day, Roger East, Richard Thomas, A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe, Routledge, 1sr ed. (2002), ISBN 1-85743-063-8
- ^ "Geographic data". www.istra-istria.hr. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ Istria, Croatia (2021-05-18). "Istria". National Park Brijuni Excursions. Retrieved 2022-09-16.