What is the population of Solin, Split-Dalmatia?

Solin has a population of approximately 20,996 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Solin, Split-Dalmatia located?

Solin is located in Split-Dalmatia, Croatia, at approximate coordinates 43.5443°, 16.4853°.

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Solin

Total population

20,996

Elevation0 m

Land area11.4 km²

Coordinates43.54°, 16.49°

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Elevation

0 m

Area

11.4 km²

Official website

www.solin.hr

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Overview

Solin is a town and a suburb of Split, in Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro.

History & geography

History

In the late ancient times, Salona's importance was great both politically and religiously. It was the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian, who ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 AD. He was born around 244, and served as a soldier and then a Roman army officer as a young man. Salona was an early Roman settlement, which became overshadowed when Diocletian constructed the nearby Diocletian's Palace in about the year 300 AD. Surviving local residents of Salona, after the Avars retreated from those regions, to a settlement "Spalatum", today's (Split), at the location of Diocletian's Palace (probably around the middle 7th century AD). Christianity in Salona probably originated during the time of the apostles. The Apostle Paul mentions that his pupil Apostle Titus traveled to Dalmatia so the assumption that he worked in Dalmatia's capital city of Salona, at least for a short time, is probable. That city, located on the Adriatic coast, with excellent sea connections with Italy and the Middle East, attracted Christian messengers of faith. Salona had a well-organized Christian community with a bishop as leader ever since the middle of the 3rd century (bishop martyr Venantius lived at that time). Since the fourth century, Salona honored in its large basilicas its glorious martyrs from the times of Diocletian's persecution: St Domnius (Latin: Domnius; Croatian: Duje; Italian: Domnio), craftsman Anastasius the Fuller, deacon Septimia, priest Asteria, and others. In the fifth Century, Salona's bishops started exercising more metropolitan duties (archbishop Hezihius), and in the sixth century they carried the archbishop title as well (arhiepiscopus), and fulfilled the duties associated with the title. (archbishops Stephen, Honorius and others). That means that at that time they…

Geography

Solin is situated north of the Split peninsula, in a basin surrounded by mountains Kozjak () to the north and Mosor () to the east. The ancient city of Salona developed near the estuary of Jadro, and the later medieval settlement was formed on one of the several islands formed by the river, which is where today's center is also situated. The city covers an area of , situated in the central part of the Split conurbation, north of Split, east of Kaštela, east of Trogir and south of Klis. Residential and business parts of the city are located in the middle part of the river's flow, and on the gentle slopes that make the Solin basin. Industrial areas occupy a small valley of the upper basin of the Jadro, as well as large areas to the west of the center, on the easternmost tip of the bay of Kaštela where industrial and service port is situated. The ruins of the ancient Salona are located in the middle, to the west of today center.

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