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The Kordun () region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora (Peter's mountain) mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within Croatia, Kordun is bordered by the Lika region to the south and by Banovina or Banija to the east.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kordun
Settlement.native_name_lang
hr
Settlement.settlement_type
Geographic region
Settlement.image_skyline
Cetin castle, Croatia, front.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Cetin Castle in Kordun
Settlement.image_map
Kordun-karta.png
Settlement.map_caption
Kordun on a map of Croatia colored in red. Mainly located in the east of modern-day Karlovac County)
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.seat_type
Largest town
Settlement.seat
Slunj
Settlement.population_total
17148
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.footnotes
a Kordun is not designated as an official region, it is a geographic region only.

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The Kordun () region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora (Peter's mountain) mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within Croatia, Kordun is bordered by the Lika region to the south and by Banovina or Banija to the east.

Most of Kordun with its centre Slunj belongs to Karlovac County (Slunj, Cetingrad, Krnjak, Rakovica and Vojnić). Vrginmost belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kordun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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