Vukovar-Syrmia county

General data
Area: 2 454 km²
Population: 204 768 (data 2001.g.)
City: 4
Municipality: 26
Its capital is Vukovar

Vukovar-Syrmia county - Vukovarsko-srijemska županija is the easternmost Croatian county. It includes the southeastern parts of Slavonia, western parts of Srijem, and the lower Sava river basin (Posavina). Its center is Vukovar; other cities are Vinkovci, Županja, Ilok.

A town and river harbour at the entry point of the Vuka river into the Danube. The area of Vukovar was inhabited since the Neolithic times. It is an exceptionally abundant archeological locality, listed among the most important sites of southern Europe.

Vukovar was characteristic for its architecture from the 18th century with covered porticos (arcades) and later historicist buildings, until the Serb aggression in 1991 which resulted in a systematic destruction of the entire town.