Rijeka is a port city on Croatia's Adriatic coast, the country's principal seaport and third-largest city. It sits where the Rjecina river meets Kvarner Bay, and its economy has long centered on shipbuilding, maritime trade and the port itself. The city has passed between Habsburg, Italian, Yugoslav and Croatian administration over the twentieth century, giving it a mixed Croatian, Italian and Hungarian architectural and cultural heritage. It served as European Capital of Culture in 2020.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude45.333333 degrees north 1 FAQs
What was Rijeka called in Roman times and when is it first mentioned?
Pliny the Elder first mentioned it as Tarsatica in the 1st century AD.
Rijeka was first mentioned in the 1st century AD by Pliny the Elder, who called it Tarsatica in his Natural History. That early record is why the settlement is dated to roughly the first century in this atlas.
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1. Rijeka (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 107,964 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 45.333333, longitude 14.433333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 0 m
P2046 (area)
area 43.4 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 107964 (2021)
View the Source2. Rijeka (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1
Rijeka was first mentioned in the 1st century AD by Pliny the Elder as Tarsatica in his Natural History (iii.140).
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 100
Rijeka was first mentioned in the 1st century AD by Pliny the Elder as Tarsatica in his Natural History (iii.140).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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