Vrgorac
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Vrgorac is a town in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 in the Split-Dalmatia County
Split-Dalmatia County
Split-Dalmatia County is the central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242...

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The total population of Vrgorac is 6,501 (census 2011), in the following settlements:
  • Banja
    Banja
    Banja is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after a significant mountain located in the woreda, Mount Banja, where Fasil crushed a revolt of the Agaw in the late 18th century. Part of the Agew Awi Zone, Banja is bordered on the south by Ankesha, on the west by...

    , population 214
  • Dragljane, population 47
  • Draževitići, population 204
  • Duge Njive, population 106
  • Dusina
    Dusina
    Dusina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gostyń, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań....

    , population 503
  • Kljenak, population 82
  • Kokorići
    Kokoriči
    Kokoriči is a village in the Križevci municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria and is now included in the Mura statistical region.A small Neo-Gothic chapel in the settlement was built in 1891....

    , population 163
  • Kotezi
    Kotezi
    Kotezi can refer to:* Kotezi , a village in municipality of Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina* Kotezi , a village in municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina* Kotezi, Croatia, a village near Vrgorac, Croatia...

    , population 278
  • Kozica
    Kozica
    Kozica; is a small village in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. It is in the jurisdiction of Vrgorac, 80 km southeast of Split. It lies just below Sveti Mihovil mountain which is 1247 m high.-Ottoman Empire:...

    , population 52
  • Mijaca, population 83
  • Orah
    Orah
    Orah or Suvi Orah is a village in the Republic of Macedonia administrative located in the Staro Nagoričane municipality near town Kumanovo in the micro-region of Sredorek.-Location:...

    , population 263
  • Podprolog, population 366
  • Poljica Kozička, population 158
  • Prapatnice, population 179
  • Rašćane, population 124
  • Ravča
    Ravča
    Ravča is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D512 highway. Since December 2008, the A1 motorway has an eponymous exit located west of the village....

    , population 155
  • Stilja, population 319
  • Umčani
    Umčani
    Umčani is a village in the municipality of Trnovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

    , population 228
  • Veliki Prolog
    Veliki Prolog
    Veliki Prolog is a village in Croatia. It's known for partly being in Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    , population 433
  • Vina
    Vina
    -People:* Vina Bovy , Belgian operatic soprano* Vina Mazumdar , Indian academic and feminist* Vina Morales , Filipina singer, actress-Places:*Vina, Alabama, USA*Vina, California, USA*Vina , Serbia...

    , population 131
  • Višnjica
    Višnjica
    Višnjica is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.- Location :...

    , population 14
  • Vlaka
    Vlaka
    Vlaka is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    , population 41
  • Vrgorac, population 2,048
  • Zavojane, population 310

In the 2001 census, 99% of the population were Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

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Notable people

  • Tin Ujević
    Tin Ujevic
    Augustin "Tin" Ujević is considered to be one of the greatest Croatian poets of all times.Ujević was born in Vrgorac, a small town in the Dalmatian hinterland, and grew up in what were then the provincial towns of Imotski and Makarska. He completed classical gymnasium in Split...

     (1891–1955), poet
  • Stipe Božić
    Stipe Božić
    Stipe Božić is a Croatian mountaineer, documentary filmmaker, photographer and writer. He is the most successful Croatian Himalayan climber. Božić completed the Seven Summits and is the second European, after Reinhold Messner, to climb the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, twice...

     (born 1951), mountaineer, filmmaker, photographer; second European to climb Mt. Everest twice.
  • Nikola Vujčić
    Nikola Vujcic
    Nikola Vujčić is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is 2.11 m tall. He can play at both the center and power forward positions. He last played for Efes Pilsen SK for the 2010–11 season.-Player profile:...

    (born 1978), basketball player
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