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{{Infobox settlement
| name                = Slatina
| official_name       = ''Grad Slatina''<br /> Town of Slatina
| settlement_type     = [[List of cities and towns in Croatia|Town]]
| image_skyline       = Trg svetog Josipa.jpg
| pushpin_map         = Croatia
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Slatina in Croatia
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 9
| coordinates         = {{coord|45|42|08|N|17|42|04|E|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type    = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name    = {{flag|Croatia}}
| subdivision_type1   = [[Regions of Croatia|Region]]
| subdivision_name1   = [[Slavonia]] ([[Podravina]])
| subdivision_type2   = [[Counties of Croatia|County]]
| subdivision_name2   = {{flag|Virovitica-Podravina}}
| leader_party        = [[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]]
| leader_title        = Mayor
| leader_name         = Tomo Tomić
| area_footnotes      = <ref>{{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}</ref>
| area_total_km2      = 167.8
| area_urban_km2      = 47.3
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2021">{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref>
| population_as_of    = 2021
| population_total    = 11503
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban    = 8722
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone            = [[Central European Time]]
| utc_offset          = +1
| website             = {{URL|slatina.hr}}
| caption             = Main square "Trg svetog Josipa"
}}

'''Slatina''' is a town in the [[Slavonia]] region of [[Croatia]]. It is located in the [[Virovitica-Podravina County]], at the contact of the [[Drava]] valley and the foothills of [[Papuk]] mountain, in the central part of the region of [[Podravina]], {{convert|29|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Virovitica]]; elevation {{convert|127|m|abbr=off}}. It was ruled by [[Ottoman Empire]] between 1542 and 1687, when it was captured by [[Austria]]n troops. During Ottoman rule it was initially part of [[Sanjak of Pojega]] between 1542 and 1601, latterly part of Sanjak of [[Orahovica|Rahoviçe]] between 1601 and 1687. It was district centre at [[Virovitica County]] in [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]] between 1868 and 1918.

"Slatina" means "salt lake" in Croatian. However, there is no salt lake there any more.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=d15uXRY%3D&keyword=slatina | title=Hrvatski jezični portal}}</ref>{{dubious|date=September 2017}}

==Demographics==
The population of the town is 10,152 (2011), with a total of 13,609 in the municipality, composed of the following settlements:<ref name="census2011">{{Croatian Census 2011|S|10|3956}}</ref>
{{Div col}}
* [[Bakić, Croatia|Bakić]], population 537
* [[Bistrica, Croatia|Bistrica]], population 165
* [[Donji Meljani]], population 259
* [[Golenić]], population 22
* [[Gornji Miholjac]], population 304
* [[Ivanbrijeg]], population 30
* [[Kozice, Croatia|Kozice]], population 511
* [[Lukavac, Croatia|Lukavac]], population 99
* [[Markovo, Croatia|Markovo]], population 131
* [[Medinci]], population 200
* [[Novi Senkovac]], population 301
* [[Radosavci]], population 99
* [[Sladojevački Lug]], population 90
* [[Sladojevci]], population 730
* '''Slatina''', population 10,208
{{div col end}}

In 2001, 85.5% of the population were [[Croats]]. In 2011, there were 88.35% Croats, 9.16% [[Serbs of Croatia|Serbs]], and 2.49% others.<ref>{{Croatian Census 2011|E|10|3956}}</ref>

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Slatina |p1857=5464 |p1869=6625 |p1880=6548 |p1890=8372 |p1900=9188 |p1910=10201 |p1921=10290 |p1931=11929 |p1948=11805 |p1953=12509 |p1961=12598 |p1971=13475 |p1981=14638 |p1991=15844 |p2001=14819 |p2011=13686 |p2021=11503}}

==Climate==
Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was {{convert|39.6|C|F}}, on 20 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |author=DHMZ |title=Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn&param=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref> The coldest temperature was {{convert|-24.2|C|F}}, on 13 January 2003.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn&param=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref>

==Politics==
===Minority councils===
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.<ref name="T-Portal">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/manjinski-izbori-prve-nedjelje-u-svibnju-krecu-i-edukacije-20230313 |title=Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije |date= 13 March 2023 |author= |publisher=[[T-portal]] |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> At the [[2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections]] [[Serbs of Croatia]] fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the Town of Slatina.<ref name="VPŽ-Manjine-2023">{{cite web | url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z10_VIROVITICKO_PODRAVSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. X. VIROVITIČKO-PODRAVSKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=6 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=10 June 2023 | archive-date=10 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610203742/https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z10_VIROVITICKO_PODRAVSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Slatina (Croatia)}}
* [http://www.slatina.hr/ Slatina official web site]
* [http://www.tz-slatina.hr/ Slatina Tourist Board]
* [http://www.radioslatina.hr/ Slatina Radio Station]
* [http://www.slatina.net/ Slatina.net – Independent City Portal]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Croatia]]
[[Category:Slavonia]]
[[Category:Virovitica County]]
[[Category:Populated places in Virovitica-Podravina County]]