Vukovar

Vukovar
Grad Vukovar
City of Vukovar
Flag of Vukovar
Coat of arms of Vukovar
Nickname: 
Grad Heroj (Hero City)
Location of Vukovar Municipality
Location of Vukovar Municipality
Map
Vukovar is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Vukovar
Vukovar
Location of Vukovar within Croatia
Vukovar is located in Croatia
Vukovar
Vukovar
Vukovar (Croatia)
Coordinates: 45°20′40″N 19°00′09″E / 45.34444°N 19.00250°E / 45.34444; 19.00250
Country Croatia
RegionPodunavlje
County Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
 • MayorIvan Penava (DP)
 • City Council
19 members
Area
 • City
100.1 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
 • Urban
61.6 km2 (23.8 sq mi)
Elevation
108 m (354 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • City
23,175
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
 • Urban
22,255
 • Urban density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Vukovarac (masculine)
Vukovarka (feminine)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32 000
Area code032
Vehicle registrationVU
Websitevukovar.hr
Map of the Indo-European Vučedol culture with epicenter in Vukovar, 3000–2400 BC
The Vučedol Dove, ritual vessel made between 2800 and 2500 BCE, a historical symbol of Vukovar.

Vukovar (pronounced [ʋûkoʋaːr]; Serbian Cyrillic: Вуковар, Hungarian: Vukovár, German: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of Vukovar-Syrmia County and the second largest city in the county after Vinkovci. The city's registered population was 22,616 in the 2021 census, with a total of 23,536 in the municipality.[3]

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Vukovar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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