Vrgada (island)

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This is an article about island named Vrgada. For the town with the same name, see Vrgada (town).

Vrgada is an island off the coast of Croatia in the Adriatic Sea. It is located in the Šibenik archipelago, northwest of Murter, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) from the mainland[1]. It has area of 3.7 km²[2] and population of 242[3]. The only settlement on the island is also named Vrgada and is surrounded with pine forest.[2][4] Main industries are agriculture and fishing.[2] On northeast coast, there are several small coves.[2]

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  1. ^ Vrgada on pakostane.hr
  2. ^ a b c d First Croatian online peljar
  3. ^ Statistical yearbook for 2006 of Central bureau of statistics of Republic of Croatia
  4. ^ Vrgada on pakostane.info

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