Veli Rat

Veli Rat
Village
Veli Rat
Coordinates: 44°08′31″N14°51′07″E / 44.142°N 14.852°E / 44.142; 14.852
Country	Croatia
County	Zadar County
Municipality	Sali
Area [1]
• Total	1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	91
• Density	57/sq mi (22/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Veli Rat is a village in Croatia on the island of Dugi Otok, with a population of around 300 people. It is connected to other villages on the island by the D109 highway. Veli Rat's population increases during the summer because of the tourists. To the northwest of the village is the Veli Rat lighthouse. ^[3]

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Central Croatia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 10 January 2015.

Bibliography

• Kozličić, Mithad (2013). "Veli Rat i njegovo značenje u dužobalnim i prekomorskim plovidbama Jadranom u peljarima 17.-20. stoljeća" [Veli Rat and its Significance in Coastal and Open Sea Adriatic Voyages for Pilots of the 17th-20th Centuries]. Veli Rat (in Croatian). Zadar: Sveučilište u Zadru. pp. 251–279. ISBN   978-953-331-047-3.