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Istria
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| Country |  Croatia Slovenia Italy |
| Largest city | Pula |
| Demonym | Istrian |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Istria (/ˈɪstriə/ IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria)[1] is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea along with being a region of Croatia. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy,[2][3] with 87% of surface area being part of Croatia.[4] Croatia encapsulates most of the Istrian peninsula within Istria County.[5]
- ^ Istriot: Eîstria; Istro-Romanian: Istria; Latin: Histria; Ancient Greek: Ἱστρία)
- ^ Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer, History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th And 20th Centuries, John Benjamins Publishing Co. (2006), ISBN 90-272-3453-1
- ^ Alan John Day, Roger East, Richard Thomas, A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe, Routledge, 1sr ed. (2002), ISBN 1-85743-063-8
- ^ "Geographic data". www.istra-istria.hr. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ Istria, Croatia (2021-05-18). "Istria". National Park Brijuni Excursions. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
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