Knin

alt=Kip Marka Marulića - Knin|thumb|Statue of Marko Marulić - Knin

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Settlement.name: Knin
Settlement.official_name: Grad Knin City of Knin
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Zastava_grada_Knina_(Hrvatska).png
Settlement.image_seal: Grb_grada_Knina_(Hrvatska).png
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 9
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.pushpin_map: Croatia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Knin within Croatia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Dalmatia (Dalmatian Hinterland)
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.government_type: Mayor-Council
Settlement.leader_party: Ind.
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Marijo Ćaćić

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Knin
Population: 11633
Area: 6.5
Elevation: 220
Official website: www.knin.hr
Image: Knin – city view from fortress (2020) 2.jpg
Dialing code: 022

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Commons category: Knin
native label: Knin
postal code: 22300

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Contents

Etymology
History
Ancient
Middle Ages
Ottoman and Venetian period
Habsburg era
Modern
Kingdom of Yugoslavia and World War II
Socialist Yugoslavia
Croatian War of Independence
Geography
Climate
Demographics
Demographic history
Knin (municipality)
Knin (town)
Archeology
Sport
Transport
Towns and villages in the municipality
Notable people
Twin town
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

alt=Kip Marka Marulića - Knin|thumb|Statue of Marko Marulić - Knin

Knin () is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as the capital of both the medieval Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina within the newly independent Republic of Croatia for the duration of the Croatian War of Independence from 1991 to 1995.