Olib
Sign in to saveOlib () is a Croatian island in northern Dalmatia, located north-west of Zadar, south-west of Pag, south-east of Lošinj and just east of Silba with an area of 26.14 km2.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Olib
- Islands.image_name
- Olib (village seen from NW).jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Olib village as seen from the sea
- Islands.location
- Adriatic Sea
- Islands.area_km2
- 26.14
- Islands.highest_mount
- Kalac
- Islands.elevation_m
- 74
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Zadar
- Islands.population
- 113
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2021
- Islands.density_km2
- 4.3
- Islands.postal_code_type
- Postal codes
- Islands.postal_code
- 23296 Olib
- Islands.area_code
- 023
- Islands.demonym
- Olibljanin (hr, male)Olibljanka (hr, female)
- Islands.timezone1
- CET
- Islands.utc_offset1
- +1
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Olib () is a Croatian island in northern Dalmatia, located north-west of Zadar, south-west of Pag, south-east of Lošinj and just east of Silba with an area of 26.14 km2.
==History== Greek geographer Strabo mentions a settlement named Aloip, which was inhabited by the Liburnians. During the Roman rule, Aloip was rebuilt in a different location, in the island's south-west.