Korčula

Korčula (, ) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of . It is  long and on average  wide.  It is just off the Dalmatian coast.  15,522 people lived there in 2011. It is  the second most populous Adriatic island after Krk. The population are almost entirely ethnic Croats (95.74%). The island is twinned with Rothesay in Scotland. It is known for Grk, a white wine that is only produced here and not exported due to limited production.

The main towns are Korčula, Blato and Vela Luka. Villages along the coast are Brna, Račišće, Lumbarda and Prižba; Žrnovo, Pupnat, Smokvica and Čara are inland. 

Korčula supplied the timber for the wooden walls of Venice.

It was ruled by Italy from 1918 to 1921, after which it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known from 1929 on as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. 

References

Category:Islands of Croatia
Category:Dubrovnik-Neretva County