Vukovar

Vukovar
City
City of Vukovar Grad Vukovar
Republic of Croatia Square with monument to Dr Franjo Tuđman and Old Water Tower, Workers' Hall , downtown with arcades and Eltz Manor.
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Grad Heroj (Hero City)
Vukovar Location of Vukovar within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°21′00″N 19°00′12″E / 45.35000°N 19.00333°E / 45.35000; 19.00333Coordinates: 45°21′00″N 19°00′12″E / 45.35000°N 19.00333°E / 45.35000; 19.00333
Country	Croatia
Region	Podunavlje
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
• Mayor	Ivan Penava (HDZ)
• City Council	21 members • HDZ (7), HKS (2), HDSSB (1) - (10) • SDP (4), SDSS (4), HNS-LD (1), SNS (1) - (10) • MB 365 (1)
Area
• City	100.26 km2 (38.71 sq mi)
Elevation	108 m (354 ft)
Population (2011)
• City	27,683
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
• Urban	26,468
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	32 000
Area code(s)	032
Vehicle registration	VU
Website	www.vukovar.hr

Vukovar (Croatian pronunciation: [ʋûkoʋaːr]; Serbian Cyrillic: Вуковар) is a city in eastern Croatia. It has Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka River and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of the Vukovar-Syrmia County. The city's registered population was 26,468 in the 2011 census, with a total of 27,683 in the municipality.

The name Vukovar (Serbian Cyrillic: Вуковар) means 'town on the Vuka River' (Vuko from the Vuka River, and vár from the Hungarian word for 'fortress'). The name of the Vuka River itself originates from the Slavic word 'vuk', meaning 'wolf'. In other languages, the city in German is known as Wukowar and in Hungarian as Vukovár or Valkóvár. In the late 17th century, the medieval Croatian name Vukovo was supplanted by the Hungarian Vukovár.

The administrative municipal area of the city contains the following settlements:

In SFR Yugoslavia, the municipalities were generally larger, and the Vukovar municipality spanned the region from Vera and Borovo in the north, Ilok in the east and Tovarnik in the south, but it was since divided into several municipalities.

Historically, Vukovar was divided into the Old Vukovar, New Vukovar and former workers' Bata village with Bata Shoes (now Borovo) factory, today known as the Vukovar suburb Borovo Naselje.

Vukovar is located 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Vinkovci and 36 km (22 mi) southeast of Osijek, with an elevation of 108 m (354 ft). Vukovar is located on the main road D2 Osijek—Vukovar—Ilok and on the Vinkovci—Vukovar railway (and road D55).