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Rijeka

Southern Europe

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
Population
107,964 1
Area (sq km)
43.4 1
Founding Year
1 to 100 CE 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
0 1
Latitude
45.333333 degrees north 1
Longitude
14.433333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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.
Sources
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)
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2. 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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3. GeoNames: Rijeka - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3191648
    45.32673 14.44241 P PPLA HR 12 3191647 107964 12 Europe/Zagreb
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 12 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 14.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 14.25
45.25 14.25 Cfb
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