Šibenik-Knin County is a county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 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 ...

, located in north-central Dalmatia

Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....

. Its center is Šibenik

Šibenik

Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, with population of 51,553 . It is located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea...

; other notable towns are Knin

Knin

Knin is a historical town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia, located near the source of the river Krka at , in the Dalmatian hinterland, on the railroad Zagreb–Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as a one-time capital of both the Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the...

, Drniš

Drniš

Drniš is a town in Croatia, located in inland Dalmatia at halfway between Šibenik and Knin. Its municipality population is 8,595 , with 3,332 in the town itself and the rest in two dozen surrounding villages...

 and Skradin

Skradin

Skradin is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia it has a population about 3,986 . It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, from Šibenik and from Split...

.

The county covers 3000 km² and has over 110 000 inhabitants. It also includes 242 islands and national parks Krka and Kornati

Kornati

The Kornati archipelago in Croatia is located in the northern part of Dalmatia, west from Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin county. With 35 km in length and 140 islands, some large, some small, in a sea area of about 320 km², Kornati are the densest archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea...

.

Population

According to the 2001 census, Šibenik-Knin County has a population of 112,891. Croats

Croats

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 make up an absolute majority with 88.44% of the population.http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/Census2001/Popis/E01_02_02/E01_02_02.html

In 1991, the Croats were in majority, with a Serb minority of 10.66%.

Administrative division

Šibenik-Knin county is divided:

• City of Šibenik
  Šibenik
  Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, with population of 51,553 . It is located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea...
  
  
• Town of Drniš
  Drniš
  Drniš is a town in Croatia, located in inland Dalmatia at halfway between Šibenik and Knin. Its municipality population is 8,595 , with 3,332 in the town itself and the rest in two dozen surrounding villages...
  
  
• Town of Knin
  Knin
  Knin is a historical town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia, located near the source of the river Krka at , in the Dalmatian hinterland, on the railroad Zagreb–Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as a one-time capital of both the Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the...
  
  
• Town of Skradin
  Skradin
  Skradin is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia it has a population about 3,986 . It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, from Šibenik and from Split...
  
  
• Town of Vodice
  Vodice, Croatia
  Vodice is a town in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. It borders the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 8,902 .-History:Vodice was first mentioned in 1402 although it was founded already in the Roman times as Arausa. Its name derives from the word meaning water sources which supplied the whole...
  
  
• Municipality of Biskupija
  Biskupija
  Biskupija is a village and a municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.The municipality covers a karst field called Kosovo polje located between the mountains of Promina and Veliki Kozjak...
  
  
• Municipality of Bilice
• Municipality of Civljane
  Civljane
  Civljane is a municipality and small village in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia, with only 240 inhabitants . It is the smallest municipality by population in Croatia...
  
  
• Municipality of Ervenik
  Ervenik
  Ervenik is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. There are 998 inhabitants, the majority of the population which are Serbs....
  
  
• Municipality of Kijevo
  Kijevo, Croatia
  Kijevo is a small village in the Dalmatian hinterland, southeast of Knin in the Šibenik-Knin county in Croatia. The population of the municipality is 623 , with 99.9% declaring themselves Croats.-Location:...
  
  
• Municipality of Kistanje
  Kistanje
  Kistanje is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, Kistanje municipality has 3,038 inhabitants of which 57.14% are Serbs and 41.31% are Croats.-History:...
  
  
• Municipality of Murter-Kornati — Murter, the capital of the municipality
• Municipality of Pirovac
  Pirovac
  Pirovac is a coastal municipality and village in Croatia, formerly called Zlosela, 26 km from the city of Šibenik with a total of 1,846 inhabitants, 97% of which are Croats.-History:The first historical mention of Pirovac was in 1298, under the name "Zlosela"...
  
  
• Municipality of Primošten
  Primošten
  Primošten is a town in Croatia, and a part of the Šibenik-Knin County. It is situated in the south, between the cities of Šibenik and Trogir, on the Adriatic coast. 97.03% of the citizens are Croats.-History:...
  
  
• Municipality of Promina
  Promina, Croatia
  Promina is a municipality in Šibenik-Knin county, Croatia. Oklaj is the administration centre of the municipality.-Population:In the 2011 census, it had the following settlements:* Bobodol, population 22* Bogatić, population 20* Čitluk, population 113...
  
   — Oklaj
  Oklaj
  Oklaj is a village in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia.It is located in inland of the Dalmatia Adriatic coastline, about 15 km south of Knin and 14 km northwest of Drniš. It is situated between the southwest slopes of Promina mountain and the southern bank of the Krka river...
  
  , the capital of the municipality
• Municipality of Rogoznica
  Rogoznica
  Rogoznica is a popular tourist village on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia that lies in the southernmost part of the Šibenik-Knin County, in a deep bay sheltered from wind, about 30 km from Šibenik. In the 2001 census, the population of the village was 2,391, with 96% declaring themselves Croats...
  
  
• Municipality of Ružić
  Ružic
  Ružić is the name of either of the following places:*Ružić, Šibenik-Knin county, a municipality in Croatia*Ružić , a settlement in southern Serbia...
  
   — Gradac, the capital of the municipality
• Municipality of Tisno
  Tisno
  Tisno is a municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. There are 3,239 inhabitants in which 97.22% who are Croats. It was named after the Croatian word tisno which means strait, perfectly describing its location.-History:...
  
  
• Municipality of Tribunj
  Tribunj
  Tribunj is a village and a municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. It is located about three kilometers northwest of Vodice and has peaceful water front cafes.-External links:***...
  
   — founded in 2006, separated from Vodice
  Vodice, Croatia
  Vodice is a town in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. It borders the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 8,902 .-History:Vodice was first mentioned in 1402 although it was founded already in the Roman times as Arausa. Its name derives from the word meaning water sources which supplied the whole...
  
  
• Municipality of Unešić
  Unešic
  Unešić is a municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. There are 2,160 inhabitants, with 99.58% declaring themselves Croats....
  
  

Islands:

• Prvić
  Prvic
  Prvić is a small island in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. It is situated in the Šibenik archipelago, about half a mile from the mainland, in the vicinity of Vodice...
  
  ,
• Zlarin
  Zlarin
  Zlarin is a small island of the Dalmatian coast of Croatia near the city of Šibenik. Administratively, it is part of the Šibenik-Knin County. In winter times the island has a population of 276 people, but from March to October its population grows substantially up to 1,500 people. Zlarin has a...
  
  ,
• Žirje
  Žirje
  Žirje can refer to:* Žirje, Croatia, an island and settlement in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia* Žirje, Slovenia, a village in the Sežana municipality in Slovenia...
  
  ,
• Murter
  Murter
  Murter is name of the island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic sea, located in central Dalmatia at , as well as that of a small village on the north-western part of the island....
  
  ,
• Kaprije,
• Krapanj
  Krapanj
  Krapanj is an island of Croatia in the central Dalmatian county of Šibenik-Knin.Krapanj is the smallest inhabited island of the Adriatic Sea covering 0.36 km2. It is also the most densely inhabited island and has the lowest elevation of 1.5 m above sea level...
  
  ,
• Obonjan,
• Tijat,
• Zmajan,
• Kakan
  Kakan
  Kakan is a little island in Croatia, around Šibenik....
  
  ...

County government

Current leadership:

• Župan (prefect): Goran Pauk (HDZ)
• Deputy župan: Željko Šimunac (HDZ)
• Deputy župan: Ante Tanfara (HSP)

The county assembly is composed of 41 representatives, presided by Josip Odak (HDZ) and composed as follows:

• Croatian Democratic Union
  Croatian Democratic Union
  The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...
  
   (HDZ) 18
• SDP-HSS-HNS: 9
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia
    Social Democratic Party of Croatia
    Social Democratic Party of Croatia , commonly referred to in Croatia as simply Social Democratic Party , is the largest centre-left political party in Croatia...
    
     (SDP)
  • Croatian Peasant Party
    Croatian Peasant Party
    The Croatian Peasant Party is a center and socially conservative political party in Croatia.-Austria-Hungary:The Croatian People's Peasant Party was formed on December 22, 1904 by Antun Radić along with his brother Stjepan Radić. The party contested elections for the first time in the Kingdom of...
    
     (HSS)
  • Croatian People's Party (HNS)
• Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) 6
• Croatian Party of Rights
  Croatian Party of Rights
  The Croatian Party of Rights is a right-wing political party in Croatia. The "right" in the party's name refer to the idea of Croatian national and ethnic rights that the party has vowed to protect since its founding in the 19th century...
  
   (HSP) 6
• DC-HSLS: 2
  • Democratic Centre (DC)
  • Croatian Social Liberal Party
    Croatian Social Liberal Party
    Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS is a conservative liberal political party in Croatia. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. Its current president is Darinko Kosor, elected to that post in November 2009.-Chronology:The HSLS was...
    
     (HSLS)
• Croatian Party of Pensioners
  Croatian Party of Pensioners
  The Croatian Party of Pensioners is a Croatian political party. It is currently led by Silvano Hrelja.When the Party was founded, few people took it seriously and many commentators speculated that the ultimate purpose of HSU was take away pensioners' votes from rejuvenated SDP and thus help ruling...
  
  (HSU) 2

Based on election results in 2005.

External links

• Šibensko-kninska županija Official website