Rijeka
Sign in to saveRijeka is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 107,964 inhabitants. Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially between the Holy Roman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Italy and Yugoslavia, changing rulers and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2021 census data, 85% of its citizens are Croats, along with small numbers of Serbs, Bosn
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Rijeka is Croatia's third-largest city and most important seaport, located on the Adriatic Sea's Kvarner Bay. Its strategic position and deep-water harbor made it a valuable prize throughout history, causing it to change rulers repeatedly and giving it a complex, multicultural past.
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- Name
- Geography
- History
- Neolithic through late antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Under Habsburg rule
- Hungarian Crown
- World War I
- Regency of Carnaro
- Free State of Fiume
- The territory of Fiume part of the Kingdom of Italy
- World War II and the German Operational Zone
- Aftermath of World War II
- Culture
- Languages
- Carnival
- Climate
- Demographics
- Architecture of Rijeka
- Monuments and sights
- Trsat
- Transport
- Bus connections
- Sports
- Education
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Panoramas
- Notable people
- Scientists, professors and inventors
- Arts and culture
- Politics and institutions
- Economists and entrepreneurs
- Sportspeople
- Musicians
- Others
- In popular culture
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Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 107,964 inhabitants. Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially between the Holy Roman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Italy and Yugoslavia, changing rulers and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2021 census data, 85% of its citizens are Croats, along with small numbers of Serbs, Bosniaks and Italians.
Rijeka is the main city and county seat of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards 3. Maj and Viktor Lenac Shipyard) and maritime transport. Rijeka hosts the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc, first built in 1765, as well as the University of Rijeka.
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