Discover and Visit Zadar - Croatia
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Zadar (Italian Zara, Hungarian Zára, Latin
Iader or Iadera) is a city in Croatia on the
Adriatic Sea, with a population of
81,000 (2005). 93% of its citizens are ethnic Croats (2001 census).
It is the centre of
modern Croatia's Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian
region. Zadar is located opposite the islands of Ugljan and Pašman, from which
it is separated by the narrow Zadar Strait.
The promontory on which the old city stands used to be separated from the mainland
by a deep moat which has since become a landfill. The harbor, to the north-east
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Today Zadar's cultural institutions include:
* The Croatian Theatre House
* The National Museum
* The Archaeological Museum (established in 1830)
* The University of Zadar (refounded in 2003)
* The Maritime Museum
* Permanent Exhibition of Sacral Art
* Croatian Singing Musical Society Zoranić (established 1885)
* Musical Evenings in St. Donatus (established 1961)
* International Choirs Competition (established 1997)
* Arsenal Zadar
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