Virovitica, Virovitica-Podravina County, Slavonia Region, Croatia
🇭🇷 Virovitica is a Croatian city near the Hungarian border. It is situated near the Drava river and belongs to the historic region of Slavonia. It is also the capital of Virovitica-Podravina County.
History The town is first mentioned in 1234. It was part of Ottoman Empire between 1552 and 1684 and was kaza centre initially in Sanjak of Pojega (1552–1601), later in Sanjak of Rahoviçe in Kanije Eyalet (1601–1684) until the Habsburg conquest in 1684.
In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Virovitica was a district capital in the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
Settlements The following settlements comprise the administrative area of the city of Virovitica: • Čemernica; • Golo Brdo; • Jasenaš; • Korija; • Milanovac; • Podgorje; • Rezovac; • Rezovačke Krčevine; • Sveti Đurađ; • Virovitica.
Culture The patron saint of Virovitica is St. Rocco (Sv. Rok), celebrated every August 16.
Đorđe Balašević wrote a song titled Virovitica, praising his time spent in the city.
Transport The town lies on the intersection of the state roads D2 and D5 and also has a bus station.
The towns has one train station and one halt - it lies on R202 railway corridor.
Zagreb Time
Virovitica has a population of over 21,291 people. Virovitica also forms the centre of the wider Virovitica-Podravina County which has a population of over 70,660 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Virovitica has links with:
🇭🇺 Barcs, Hungary 🇧🇦 Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇩🇪 Traunreut, Germany 🇨🇿 Vyškov, Czech Republic🇨🇦 L'Assomption 45.8
🇸🇮 Novo Mesto 45.8
🇨🇿 Uherské Hradiště 17.45
Locations Near: Virovitica 17.3833,45.8333
🇭🇷 Bjelovar 16.848,45.9 d: 42.1
🇭🇺 Kaposvár 17.783,46.367 d: 66.8
🇭🇺 Nagykanizsa 16.97,46.517 d: 82.4
🇭🇷 Slavonski Brod 18.017,45.167 d: 89.1
🇭🇷 Sisak 16.367,45.483 d: 88.1
🇧🇦 Banja Luka 17.192,44.772 d: 118.9
🇧🇦 Prijedor 16.71,44.979 d: 108.6
🇭🇷 Čakovec 16.433,46.383 d: 95.4
🇭🇺 Zalaegerszeg 16.839,46.844 d: 119.9
Antipodal to: Virovitica -162.617,-45.833
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17039.2
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16645.3
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16425.6
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16354.8
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12685.8
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12588.5
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12573.6
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12569.7