Metković
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Metković is a city in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia, with a population of 13,873, while its whole municipality has 15,384 inhabitants (2001). Absolute majority of its citizens are Croats with 96.42% (2001 census). It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva.
The city was first mentioned in a 1422 court document as a small farming town. It remained this way until the nineteenth century. During this period the city found renewed investment from the country's Austrian rulers. With the arrival of the area's first post office and school, as well as the increase of trade to the Ottoman Empire, the city began to flourish. In 1875 Emperor Francis Joseph I visited the city.
One of the city's landmarks is its Church of St. Elijah. Metković is located near the ancient Roman settlement of Narona (today Vid). Narona was established as a Roman trading post, after their successful war with neighboring Illyrian tribe Daors (ruins of their main city are located near Stolac), and successful grew until the 3rd century AD, after then it went on a steady decline especially after the large earthquake that happened in the 4th century AD. Upon the arrival of Slavonic tribes in the middle 6th century AD, the city of Narona was abandoned with most parts being covered under slit that was carried by the flooding of river Neretva. Only minor excavations were done, most of them being concentrated on location of Vid.
Metković has the following education facilities:
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