 Sotorišće bay on Silba | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Adriatic Sea |
| Coordinates | 44°22′N 14°42′E / 44.367°N 14.700°E |
| Area | 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Highest point | Varh |
| Administration | |
Croatia | |
| County | Zadar |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 292 (2011) |
| Pop. density | 20.46/km2 (52.99/sq mi) |
Silba (pronounced [sîlba]; Italian: Selve) is an island in Croatia with an area of 15 km2,[1] northern Dalmatia, south-east of Lošinj, between the islands of Premuda and Olib. It has a Mediterranean climate with 2570 hours a year of sunshine. Most summer days are hot, bright and clear with light westerly maestral wind cooling the island in the afternoons.
Silba has an area 15 square kilometres (6 sq mi) in the shape of number 8, with the village of Silba located at the narrowest point in the middle. It takes only around 10 minutes to walk the 600 m from the north-eastern harbour of Mul to the south-western harbour of Žalić (Zhaleech).
Officially, Silba's population is 292,[2] but it varies seasonally; from a few hundred, mainly pensioners, in the winter, to several thousand during summer months. Many have jobs and properties on the mainland. There is also an influx of tourists during the summer months as tourism is now the main economic activity on the island. The whole island is a pedestrian zone, no traffic is allowed with the exception of vehicles supplying the local businesses.
Zadar is Silba's mainland administrative center; it is part of the Zadar County.
- ^ Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ "Popis stanovništva 2011".