Podgora, Split-Dalmatia County

Podgora (pronounced [pôdɡora]) is a small town in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, 65 km south of Split and 135 km north of Dubrovnik.

Podgora
Municipality
Podgora Location of Podgora in Croatia
Coordinates: 43°14′N 17°05′E
Country	Croatia
County	Split-Dalmatia County
Area
• Municipality	76.2 km2 (29.4 sq mi)
• Urban	28.4 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Municipality	2,233
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
• Urban	1,181
• Urban density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Website	podgora.hr

Image of Podgora municipality within the Split County

At the 2021 census, the total population of the municipality was 2,518, in the following settlements:

• Drašnice, population 286
• Gornje Igrane, population 3
• Igrane, population 347
• Podgora, population 1,181
• Živogošće, population 416

Podgora has a largely tourism-based economy. With its five hotels, it has four times as many beds as inhabitants.

History

In pashaluk censuses in 1624 and 1690, 80 and 125 houses respectively were recorded. An 1828 status animarum recorded 955 inhabitants living in 194 family households.

Podgora is the birthplace of Don Mihovil Pavlinović, a priest, politician and writer, best known as the first person to speak Croatian in the Dalmatian parliament, seeking the unification of Dalmatia and Croatia.

Organized tourism started in Podgora in 1922, when the first hotel "Praha" was built. During World War II, on September 10, 1942, the Yugoslav Partisans formed the Partisan Navy in Podgora. In 1962 Josip Broz Tito unveiled an impressive monument on a small hill above the port of Podgora, The wings of a seagull, in remembrance of World War II events.

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Bibliography

• Bezić-Božanić, Nevenka (1992). "Doprinos poznavanju stanovništva Podgore u 19. stoljeću" [Supplement to the study of Podgora inhabitants in the 19th century] (PDF). Čakavska rič (in Croatian). XX (2): 51–61. Retrieved 15 October 2019.