Croatia
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Town of Bakar

Bakar

Bakar is a town in the in western . The population of the town was 8,279 according to the 2011 Croatian census, including 1,473 in the titular settlement.
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  • Type: Town with 1,190 residents
  • Description: town and settlement in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Bakar, Croatia”, “Bakır”, “Bakovac”, “Buccari”, and “Szádrév”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rijeka Thermal Power Station.

Power station
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an oil-fired power station east of at , . It was built between 1974 and 1978 and it has one generation unit with capacity of 320 MW. is situated 2½ km southwest of Bakar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sveti Kuzam and Krasica.

Suburb
Photo: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village located between Bakar and in , . The village is administered as a part of the City of Rijeka.

Village
Photo: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in Primorje, , located northeast of Bakar. The population is 1,353. is known for masquerade, a recognizable custom of these areas.

Village
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is a in Primorje, , located north of Bakar. The population is 1,344. was mentioned by name for the first time during the reign of Petar Zrinski, in a document from 1667.

Bakar

Latitude
45.3066° or 45° 18′ 24″ north
Longitude
14.53463° or 14° 32′ 5″ east
Population
1,190
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HR BAK
Open location code
8FQP8G4M+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60706661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3204612
Wiki­data ID
Q740324
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Bakar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باكار”
  • Armenian: “Բակար”
  • Asturian: “Bakar”
  • Belarusian: “Бакар”
  • Bosnian: “Bakar”
  • Breton: “Bakar”
  • Catalan: “Bakar”
  • Cebuano: “Bakar”
  • Central Kurdish: “باکار”
  • Chinese: “巴卡尔”
  • Chinese: “巴卡爾”
  • Croatian: “Bakar”
  • Czech: “Bakar”
  • Danish: “Bakar”
  • Dutch: “Bakar”
  • Dutch: “Buccari”
  • Dutch: “Szádrév”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باكار”
  • Esperanto: “Bakar”
  • Esperanto: “Buccari”
  • Esperanto: “Szádrév”
  • Finnish: “Bakar”
  • French: “Bakar”
  • French: “Buccari”
  • French: “Szádrév”
  • German: “Bakar”
  • German: “Buccari”
  • German: “Szádrév”
  • Hebrew: “באקאר”
  • Hungarian: “Bakar”
  • Hungarian: “Buccari”
  • Hungarian: “Szádrév”
  • Italian: “Bakar”
  • Italian: “Buccari”
  • Italian: “Szádrév”
  • Japanese: “バカル湾”
  • Lithuanian: “Bakaras”
  • Lombard: “Bucher”
  • Macedonian: “Бакар”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bakar i Kroatia”
  • Norwegian: “Bakar”
  • Persian: “باکار”
  • Polish: “Bakar”
  • Portuguese: “Buccari”
  • Portuguese: “Szádrév”
  • Romanian: “Bakar”
  • Romanian: “Buccari”
  • Romanian: “Szádrév”
  • Romanian: “Бакар”
  • Russian: “Бакар”
  • Serbian: “Bakar”
  • Serbian: “Бакар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bakar”
  • Slovenian: “Bakar, Primorsko-goranska županija”
  • Slovenian: “Bakar”
  • Spanish: “Bakar”
  • Spanish: “Buccari”
  • Spanish: “Szádrév”
  • Swedish: “Baccari”
  • Swedish: “Bakar”
  • Swedish: “Bkri”
  • Swedish: “Bukar”
  • Swedish: “Volcera”
  • Tatar: “Бакар”
  • Turkish: “Bakar”
  • Turkish: “Bakır”
  • Turkish: “Buccari”
  • Turkish: “Szádrév”
  • Ukrainian: “Бакар”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bakar”
  • Venetian: “Buccari”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bakar”

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