Nakovanj

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| official_name = Nakovanj

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| other_name = Nakovana

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Crkve Male Gospe, Nakovana03406.JPG

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CRO}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Dubrovnik-Neretva County.png Dubrovnik-Neretva County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Orebić

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| unit_pref = Imperial

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| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 1

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Nakovanj or Nakovana ({{lit|anvil}}) is a village located in the west of the Pelješac peninsula in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, on the inland part of the peninsula, by the road connecting Viganj and Lovište.

Nakovana is best known as an archeological site, as it has preserved artifacts indicating continuous human settlement over several millennia.{{cite news | url = https://magazin.hrt.hr/kultura/tajne-zivota-kroz-tisuce-godina-nakovane-7991709 | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | title = Tajne života kroz tisuće godina Nakovane | date = 17 June 2022 | first = Vicko | last = Dragojević }}

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was just 1. It was 3 in 2011.{{Croatian Census 2011|S|19|3085}}

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{{Orebić municipality}}

Category:Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County

Category:Archaeological sites in Croatia

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