City
Stari Grad, Croatia
Southern Europe
Stari Grad is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia, and one of the oldest towns in Europe; its position at the end of a long, protected bay next to prime agricultural land has long made it attractive for human settlement. It is also a municipality within Split-Dalmatia County.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude43.183333 degrees north 2 FAQs
Who founded Stari Grad and when?
Greeks from Paros founded it as Pharos in 385-384 BC.
According to the Split-Dalmatia County tourist board, the Greeks from the island of Paros in the Aegean Sea founded the polis of Pharos in a deeply indented cove in the north-western part of the island of Hvar in 385-384 BC. Twenty-four centuries later, this settlement is called Stari Grad and is one of the two oldest towns in Croatia.
Sources
1. Stari Grad, Croatia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory
In 384 BC, the town was formally founded by ancient Greeks from the island of Paros in the Aegean Sea.
Infobox: population_total
2772
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Croatia; continent follows from the atlas record for Croatia
Grad is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia
View the Source 2. Stari Grad, Croatia (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 43.183333, longitude 16.583333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 0 m
P2046 (area)
area 52.8 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2021)
View the SourceWikidata: Stari Grad, Croatia
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