Povljana
Sign in to savePovljana is a village and the only settlement in the eponymous municipality on the island of Pag, in Zadar County, Croatia. It is located 12 km southeast of town of Pag. The nearby shoreline has steep slopes and small cliffs.
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Vinony's link graph records 46 inbound references to Povljana, and connects out to Croatia, history and Latin.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Municipalities of Croatia, Pag (island) and Populated places in Zadar County.
Vinony links it to 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Povljana
- Settlement.official_name
- Općina PovljanaMunicipality of Povljana
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Povljana1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Beach Mali Dubrovnik in Povljana
- Settlement.image_map
- Povljane Municipality.PNG
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of municipality within Zadar County
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Croatia
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Povljane in Croatia
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- border|23px Zadar County
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ivica Pogorilić
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 38.4
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 38.4
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Croatia
- Country
- Croatia
- Located in
- Zadar County
- Population
- 669
- Area
- 38.4
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.povljana.hr
- Image
- Povljana1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Povljana
- postal code
- 23249
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographics
- Politics
- Minority councils and representatives
- References
- Bibliography
- Biology
Povljana is a village and the only settlement in the eponymous municipality on the island of Pag, in Zadar County, Croatia. It is located 12 km southeast of town of Pag. The nearby shoreline has steep slopes and small cliffs.
The name of the place Povljana comes from the Latin word PAULINIANA with the Latin suffix -ANA, which is the Roman name Paulus. Old Povljana was mentioned for the first time in historical documents during the construction of the church of St. Martin on February 13, 1345.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Povljana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations