Vukovar

Vukovar
City
Grad Vukovar City of Vukovar
Clockwise, from top: Eltz Manor; Vukovar water tower; Dudik Memorial Park; view of the Vukovar from the Danube river; Franciscan monastery with church of Saints Philip and James and Republic of Croatia square on the Vuka River with Town Hall and Workers' Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname:  Grad Heroj (Hero City)
Location of Vukovar Municipality
Vukovar Location of Vukovar within Croatia Show map of Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar Vukovar (Croatia) Show map of Croatia
Coordinates: 45°20′40″N 19°00′09″E / 45.34444°N 19.00250°E / 45.34444; 19.00250
Country	Croatia
Region	Podunavlje
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
• Mayor	Ivan Penava (DP)
• City Council	19 members •   DP (5) •   HDZ (5) •   HS (4) •   SDSS (2) •   DSS (1) •   HNS (1) •   Independent (1)
Area [1]
• City	100.1 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
• Urban	61.6 km2 (23.8 sq mi)
Elevation	108 m (354 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• City	23,175
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
• Urban	22,255
• Urban density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Vukovarac (masculine) Vukovarka (feminine)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32 000
Area code	032
Vehicle registration	VU
Website	vukovar.hr

Vukovar (pronounced [ʋûkoʋaːr]; Serbian Cyrillic: Вуковар, Hungarian: Vukovár, German: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of Vukovar-Syrmia County and the second largest city in the county after Vinkovci. The city's registered population was 22,616 in the 2021 census, with a total of 23,536 in the municipality.^[3]