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Dalmatia

Dalmatia is the southern coastal region of on the Adriatic Sea. It's by far the most popular tourist area in the country, with many seasonal flights, package hotels and visits by cruise ships.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Dubrovnik and Split.

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is historic walled city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of . It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County.

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is a city in Central Dalmatia, , and the seat of the county. The city was built around the Diocletian palace where the locals sought refuge centuries ago.

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is the biggest city, cultural, economic and transit center of and the oldest continuously inhabited city in . is today one of the most popular Croatian tourist destinations, named "entertainment center of the Adriatic" by The Times and "Croatia's new capital of cool" by The Guardian in 2017.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Split-Dalmatia and Northern Dalmatia.

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is a county within Dalmatia in , with itself the attractive main city. It's one of the most popular tourist regions in the country, with a riviera strip of resorts strung along its coast.

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is a coastal region in . It is famous for its striking scenery, truly breathtaking national parks, and many beautiful and unspoilt islands.

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is the southern portion of Dalmatia and the southernmost county of . It consists of a narrow strip of land along the coast, the long Peljesac peninsula and several islands.

Dalmatia

Latitude of center
43.8128° or 43° 48′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
16.2188° or 16° 13′ 8″ east
Population
852,000
Wiki­data ID
Q528042
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Dalmatia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dalmasië”
  • Albanian: “Dalmacia”
  • Amharic: “ድልማጥያ”
  • Arabic: “دالماسيا”
  • Arabic: “دلماسيا”
  • Arabic: “دلماسية”
  • Aragonese: “Dalmacia”
  • Armenian: “Դալմաթիա”
  • Asturian: “Dalmacia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dalmaçiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dalmatiya”
  • Basque: “Dalmazia”
  • Belarusian: “Далмацыя”
  • Bosnian: “Dalmacija”
  • Breton: “Dalmatia”
  • Bulgarian: “Далмация”
  • Catalan: “Dalmàcia”
  • Chinese: “達爾馬提亞”
  • Chuvash: “Далмаци”
  • Croatian: “Dalmacija”
  • Croatian: “Južno hrvatsko primorje”
  • Czech: “Dalmácie”
  • Danish: “Dalmatien”
  • Dutch: “Dalmatië”
  • Esperanto: “Dalmatio”
  • Estonian: “Dalmaatsia”
  • Finnish: “Dalmatia”
  • French: “Dalmatie”
  • Friulian: “Dalmazie”
  • Galician: “Dalmacia”
  • Georgian: “დალმაცია”
  • German: “Dalmatien”
  • Greek: “Δαλματία”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Dalmatia”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tha̍t-mâ-thai”
  • Hebrew: “דלמטיה”
  • Hungarian: “Dalmácia”
  • Ido: “Dalmatia”
  • Indonesian: “Dalmasia”
  • Interlingue: “Dalmatia”
  • Irish: “An Dalmáit”
  • Italian: “Dalmazia”
  • Japanese: “ダルマチア”
  • Japanese: “ダルマツィア”
  • Kashubian: “Dalmackô”
  • Kazakh: “Далмация”
  • Kirghiz: “Далмация”
  • Korean: “달마티아”
  • Latin: “Dalmatia”
  • Latvian: “Dalmācija”
  • Lithuanian: “Dalmatija”
  • Macedonian: “Далмација”
  • Malagasy: “Dalmatia”
  • Malay: “Dalmatia”
  • Malayalam: “ഡാൽമേഷ്യ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dalmatia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dalmatia”
  • Norwegian: “Dalmatia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dalmàcia”
  • Ossetian: “Далмаци”
  • Persian: “دالماسی”
  • Polish: “Dalmacja”
  • Portuguese: “Dalmácia”
  • Romanian: “Dalmația”
  • Russian: “Далмация”
  • Rusyn: “Далмация”
  • Sardinian: “Dalmàtzia”
  • Serbian: “Далмација”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dalmacija”
  • Slovak: “Dalmácia”
  • Slovenian: “Dalmacija”
  • Spanish: “Dalmacia”
  • Swahili: “Dalmatia”
  • Swedish: “Dalmacija”
  • Swedish: “Dalmatien”
  • Swiss German: “Dalmazie”
  • Tatar: “Далмация”
  • Thai: “แดลเมเชีย”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Dalmatien”
  • Turkish: “Dalmaçya”
  • Ukrainian: “Далмація”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Dalmaciska”
  • Urdu: “دیلماشا”
  • Uzbek: “Dalmatsiya”
  • Venetian: “Dalmazia”
  • Vietnamese: “Dalmatia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dalmasya”
  • Welsh: “Dalmatia”
  • Western Frisian: “Dalmaasje”
  • Wolof: “Dalmasi”
  • Wu Chinese: “达尔马提亚”
  • Yue Chinese: “達爾馬提亞”
  • “Dalmacija”

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