Šibenik-Knin County (; ) is a county in southern Croatia, located in the north-central part of Dalmatia. The biggest city in the county is Šibenik, which also serves as the county seat. Other notable towns in the county are Knin, Vodice, Drniš and Skradin.
The county covers 2984 km2. It includes 242 islands and national parks, Krka and Kornati.
Administrative division
Šibenik-Knin county is administratively subdivided into:
City of Šibenik (county seat) City of Knin Town of Drniš Town of Skradin Town of Vodice Municipality of Biskupija Municipality of Civljane Municipality of Ervenik Municipality of Kijevo Municipality of Kistanje Municipality of Murter-Kornati — Murter, the capital of the municipality Municipality of Pirovac Municipality of Primošten Municipality of Promina — Oklaj, the capital of the municipality Municipality of Rogoznica Municipality of Ružić — Gradac, the capital of the municipality Municipality of Tisno Municipality of Unešić Municipality of Bilice Municipality of Tribunj — founded in 2006, separated from Vodice
County government , the Župan is Marko Jelić (Ind.), and the county assembly's 37 representatives are affiliated as follows:
Political party Seats won GovernmentCroatian Democratic UnionIndependent List Stipe PetrinaList of a group of voters Marko JelićSocial Democratic Party of CroatiaMostIndependent Democratic Serb PartyCroatian SovereignistsHomeland Movement
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, Šibenik-Knin County has a population of 96,381. Croats make up a majority with 88,60% of the population. The Serbs are the second largest ethnic group (8,37%).
In 1991, before the war, Croats were in majority (61,7%), with a Serb minority of 34,2%.
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