Vukovar | |
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Grad Vukovar City of Vukovar | |
Clockwise, from top: View of Vukovar city; Vukovar water tower; Dudik Memorial Park; Eltz Manor; Franciscan monastery with church of Saints Philip and James and Workers' Hall | |
Nickname: Grad Heroj (Hero City) | |
Coordinates: 45°20′40″N 19°00′09″E / 45.34444°N 19.00250°E | |
Country | Croatia |
Region | Podunavlje |
County | Vukovar-Syrmia |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ivan 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 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
• Urban | 22,255 |
• Urban density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Vukovarac (masculine) Vukovarka (feminine) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 32 000 |
Area code | 032 |
Vehicle registration | VU |
Website | vukovar |
Vukovar (pronounced [ʋûkoʋaːr]; Serbian Cyrillic: Вуковар, Hungarian: Vukovár, ‹See Tfd›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]