Arbanija

Arbanija
Village
Arbanija
Arbanija
Coordinates: HR 43°30′43″N 16°18′16″E / 43.511896°N 16.304398°E / 43.511896; 16.304398
Country  Croatia
Region Dalmatia
County Split-Dalmatia County
City Trogir
Elevation 16 ft (5 m)
Population (Census 2001)
 • Total 370
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 21224
Area code(s) 021

Arbanija is a village on Čiovo Island, Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of the City of Trogir and Split-Dalmatia County. According to the 2001 census, the village has 370 inhabitants.[1] It is connected by the D126 state road.

Sv. Križ monastery in Arbanija

The village is named after the Arbanasi, a group of ethnic Albanians that settled in several places on Croatia's Adriatic coast in the 18th century.

Sources

  1. ↑ "2001 census by settlement". Central Bureau of Statistics (Croatia) (in Croatian). March 31, 2001.


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