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Metković

Southern Europe

Metković is a town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia, in the southeast of the country on the banks of the Neretva river and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Facts
Population
15,235 1
Area (sq km)
51.2 1
Founding Year
1422 2
Founding Year
1422 2
Elevation (m)
5 1
Latitude
43.05 degrees north 1
Longitude
17.65 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Metković (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 43.05, longitude 17.65
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 5 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 51.2 sq km
  • Wikidata statement P1082
    population = 15235 (Wikidata P1082, as of 2021-08-31, preferred rank)
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2. Metković (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1422
    The city was first mentioned in a 1422 court document as a small farming town.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1422
    The city was first mentioned in a 1422 court document as a small farming town.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1422
    The city was first mentioned in a 1422 court document as a small farming town.
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Croatia; continent follows from the atlas record for Croatia
    pronunciation: [mêtkovitɕ]) is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia
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3. GeoNames: Metković - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 5 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 43.25, 17.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.25, 17.75
43.25 17.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Metković - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3195222
Quote, cities500 record 3195222
43.05417 17.64833 P PPLA2 HR 03 11054969 13971 5 Europe/Zagreb
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Metkovic (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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