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Petrinja

Southern Europe

Petrinja is a town in central Croatia near Sisak, in the historic region of Banovina, administratively part of Sisak-Moslavina County. On 29 December 2020 it was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that caused substantial destruction across the town.

Facts
Population
19,950 1
Area (sq km)
379.3 1
Founding Year
1240 2
Founding Year
1240 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
106 1
Latitude
45.4375 degrees north 1
Longitude
16.29 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Petrinja (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 19,950 (2021)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 45.4375, longitude 16.29
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 106 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 379.3 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 19950 (2021)
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2. Petrinja (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1240
    The first written record of Petrinja as an inhabited settlement is the one about the benefits awarded to the inhabitants of Petrinja by the Slavonian duke Koloman in 1240.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1240
    The first written record of Petrinja as an inhabited settlement is the one about the benefits awarded to the inhabitants of Petrinja by the Slavonian duke Koloman in 1240.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1240
    The first written record of Petrinja as an inhabited settlement is the one about the benefits awarded to the inhabitants of Petrinja by the Slavonian duke Koloman in 1240.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Petrinja - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3193420
    45.4375 16.29 P PPLA2 HR 14 3193419 12963 111 Europe/Zagreb
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 111 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, 16.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 16.25
45.25 16.25 Cfb
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