Bakar is a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia, built on a hill overlooking the Bay of Bakar; its name comes from the Croatian word for copper. The town has long served as a port for bulk cargo and was historically home to a coke factory that operated until 1995, and its historic core was designated a cultural monument in 1968. According to the 2011 census the town had 8,279 residents in the wider municipality, with 1,473 in the titular settlement, and the population is about 90 percent ethnic Croat.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikidata: Bakar
- Wikidata Q740324, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata Q740324 P1249, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
P1249 value year 1288
View the Source2. 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, 14.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 14.75
45.25 14.75 Cfb
3. GeoNames: Bakar - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3204612, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3204612, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
45.30861 14.53028 P PPLA2 HR 12 11049429 1187 82 Europe/Zagreb
Bakar (Wikipedia)
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