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Županja is a city in eastern Slavonia or western Srijem, Croatia, located 24 km southwest of Vinkovci. It is administratively part of the Vukovar-Srijem county. It is inhabited by 13,775 people (2001), with 2,608 more living in Štitar, a village located immediately to the north and part of the same municipality. Slavonia is a region in eastern Croatia. ... Srem in Serbian or Srijem in Croatian (from Latin: Sirmium) is a fertile region of the Pannonian plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. ... Vinkovci is a Croatian town in eastern Slavonia (or westernmost Srijem), with a population of 32,455 (2001) making it the largest town of the Vukovar-Srijem county. ... Vukovar-Srijem county - Vukovarsko-srijemska županija is the easternmost Croatian county which includes southeastern parts of Slavonia, western parts of Srijem, and the lower Sava river basin (Posavina). ...


Županja lies on the Sava river opposite Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the site of a border crossing bridge. The highway Zagreb-Slavonski Brod-Belgrade passes north of it, and the city is also reachable by a local railroad from Vinkovci. Sava also Save (in German: Save; in Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... Zagreb (pronounced ZA-greb) is the capital city of Croatia. ... Slavonski Brod is the sixth largest city in Croatia, with a population of 64,612 in 2001. ... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd   listen?), is the capital (2003–) of Serbia since 1404, Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ...


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Zupanja, Croatia (137 words)
Zupanja is a border town with Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are divided by the River Sava.
The tower houses the Zupanja Museum with archeological, palaeonthological, ethnograpahic, and historical collections from the Zupanja area.
Also of interest in town is the main square with a monument, which commemorates the introduction of football and tennis to Zupanja.
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