Geography
Among the largest towns in the county of Zadar are: Zadar, Benkovac, Bibinje, Biograd, Nin, Obrovac and Pag.
The county of Zadar includes the islands of Dugi otok, Ugljan, Pašman and most of Pag, as well as a number of other, smaller islands. It also features the Paklenica national park.
The county's area is 7,854 km2, 3,642 km2 is land, which accounts for 6.4% of the territory of Croatia. The sea area of the County is 3,632 km2 (around 12% of the territorial waters) and the insular area is 580 km2, with more than 300 smaller and larger islands (Zadar archipelago). The length of its coastline (including the islands) is 1,300 km.
The county's population is 200,936 (accounting for 4.5% of the total Croatia's population), of which 129,000 people live in the coastal area, 21,000 on islands and 50,000 in the County's inland.
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