Knin

<p>Knin (pronounced [knîːn]) is a city in the <a href="/facts/%25C5%25A0ibenik-Knin_County/vgDduyHk">Šibenik-Knin County</a> of <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a>, located in the <a href="/facts/Dalmatia/nstFC7cc">Dalmatian</a> hinterland near the source of the river <a href="/facts/Krka_(Croatia)/ynNpoJRk">Krka</a>, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between <a href="/facts/Zagreb/KPf8bzLI">Zagreb</a> and <a href="/facts/Split%2c_Croatia/1zswoWtX">Split</a>. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as the capital of both the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(925%25E2%2580%25931102)/SVJMhgPQ">medieval Kingdom of Croatia</a> and briefly of the self-proclaimed <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina/hNrdNYG7">Republic of Serbian Krajina</a> within the newly independent <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Republic of Croatia</a> for the duration of <a href="/facts/Croatian_War_of_Independence/9DCpV8at">Croatian War of Independence</a> from 1991 to 1995.
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