Povljana

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Povljana

| official_name = Općina Povljana
Municipality of Povljana

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Povljana1.jpg

| image_caption = Beach Mali Dubrovnik in Povljana

| image_map = Povljane Municipality.PNG

| map_caption = Location of municipality within Zadar County

| pushpin_map = Croatia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Povljane in Croatia

| mapframe = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|44|20|48.12|N|15|06|56.16|E|type:city_region:HR_source:frwiki|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Croatia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Zadar County.png Zadar County

| leader_title = Municipal mayor

| leader_name = Ivica Pogorilić

| unit_pref = metric

| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 38.4

| area_urban_km2 = 38.4

| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 669

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 669

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| timezone1 = CET

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 23294 Povljana

| registration_plate = ZD

| website = {{URL|povljana.hr}}

}}

Povljana is a village and the only settlement in the eponymous municipality on the island of Pag, in Zadar County, Croatia.{{cite book|author=Tony Fabijancic|title=Croatia: Travels in Undiscovered Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G37T40XZG-EC&pg=PA99|date=1 March 2010|publisher=University of Alberta|isbn=978-0-88864-631-6|pages=99–}} It is located 12 km southeast of town of Pag.{{cite book|author=Stuart Rossiter|title=Yugoslavia: the Adriatic Coast|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dN0bAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Benn|page=84}} The nearby shoreline has steep slopes and small cliffs.{{cite book|author=Eric Bird|title=Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mfo5TPb7SDsC&pg=PA764|date=25 February 2010|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4020-8638-0|pages=764–}}

The name of the place Povljana comes from the Latin word PAULINIANA with the Latin suffix -ANA, which is the Roman name Paulus. Old Povljana was mentioned for the first time in historical documents during the construction of the church of St. Martin on February 13, 1345. {{Cite web |title=Povijest Povljane |url=https://tz-povljana.hr/history/ |website=TZ Povljana}}