Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
	— Ceety —
Ceety o Dubrovnik; Grad Dubrovnik
	The wawed ceety o Dubrovnik
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	Eik-name(s): "Pearl o the Adriatic", "Thesaurum mundi"
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	Coordinates: 42°38′25″N 18°06′30″E / 42.64028°N 18.10833°E
Kintra	Croatie
Coonty	Dubrovnik-Neretva Coonty
	Govrenment
- Mayor	Andro Vlahušić (CPP)
	Aurie
- Ceety	21.35 km2 (8.2 sq mi)
	Indwallers (2011)
- Ceety	42,641
- Urban	28,113
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	20000
Aurie code(s)	020
Vehicil registration	DU

Dubrovnik (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈdǔbroːʋniːk]) (Italian: Ragusa), is a Croatian ceety on the Adriatic Sea coast positioned at the terminal end o the Isthmus o Dubrovnik. It is ane o the maist prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport an the centre o Dubrovnik-Neretva coonty. Its population wis 43,770 in 2001,^[2] doun frae 49,728 in 1991.^[3] In 1979, the ceety o Dubrovnik jyned the UNESCO leet o Warld Heritage Steids.

The prosperity o the ceety o Dubrovnik haes aaways been based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Republic o Ragusa, an aa kent as Maritime Republic (thegither wi Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa, Venice an ither ceeties), it becam the anerlie eastren Adriatic ceety-state tae rival Venice. Supportit bi its walth an skilled diplomacy, the ceety achieved a remarkable level o development, particularly durin the 15t an 16t centuries. Awbeit demilitarised in the 1970s wi the intent o foriver protectin it frae war devastation, in 1991, efter the breakup o Yugoslavie, it wis besieged bi Serb-Montenegrin forces for 7 months an hivily damaged bi shellin.

Table o contents

1 Name
2 Internaitional relations
- 2.1 Twin touns - sister ceeties
3 References

Name [edit]

In Croatian, the ceety is kent as Dubrovnik; in Italian as Ragusa, an its historical name in Greek is Raiyia (Ραυγια) or Ragousa (Ραγουσα).

The current Croatian name wis offeecially adoptit in 1918 efter the fall o Austrick–Hungary. It is an aa referred tae as Dubrovnik in the first offeecial document o the treaty wi the Bosnian Ban Kulin.