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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