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Badija

Badija
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Monastery on Badija
Geography
Location Adriatic Sea
Coordinates 42°57′20″N 17°09′40″E / 42.9556°N 17.1611°E / 42.9556; 17.1611Coordinates: 42°57′20″N 17°09′40″E / 42.9556°N 17.1611°E / 42.9556; 17.1611
Archipelago Škoji
Area 0.97 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Administration
County Dubrovnik-Neretva
Demographics
Population 0 (2009)

Badija is the largest island in archipelago Škoji, near Korčula island in Croatia. The island is currently unpopulated. Franciscans from Bosnia came into possession of the island in 1398. They held it until 1949, when it was expropriated by the communist authorities.


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