Sisak

Sisak Sisak
City
Top: Old bridge over the Kupa river; Center left: Antun Gustav Matoš monument; Center right: Sisak Fortress; Bottom left: Holland Storehouse; Bottom right: Roman ruins of Siscia
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Sisak Location of Sisak within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°29′N 16°22′E / 45.483°N 16.367°E / 45.483; 16.367
Country	Croatia
County	Sisak-Moslavina
Government
• Mayor	Kristina Ikić Baniček (SDP)
Area
• City	422.75 km2 (163.22 sq mi)
• Metro	989.50 km2 (382.05 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m (321.52 ft)
Population (2011)
• City	47,768
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	44000
Area code(s)	044
Patron saints	Quirinus of Sescia
Website	www.sisak.hr

Sisak (Croatian pronunciation: [sǐːsak]; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia located at the confluence of the Kupa, Sava, and Odra rivers, 57 km (35 mi) southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb. The city's total population in 2011 was 47,768 of which 33,322 live in the urban settlement (naselje).

Sisak is the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia's biggest river port and a centre of river shipping industry (Dunavski Lloyd). It lies on the main road Zagreb-Sisak-Petrinja (M12.2) and the railroad Zagreb-Sisak-Sunja. Sisak is a regional economic, cultural and historical center. The largest oil refinery in Croatia is located here.

Prior to the invasion by the Roman Empire, the region was Celtic and Illyrian and the city there was named Segestica.

In German the town is known as Sissek, in Hungarian as Sziszek, Latin as Siscia and in Kajkavian and Slovene as Sisek.

Sisak is situated at the confluence of three rivers, the Sava, the Kupa and the Odra, and is usually considered to be where the Posavina (Sava basin) begins, with an elevation of 99 m.