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.

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Nakovanj Nakovana
Village
Nakovanj
Coordinates: 43°00′12″N 17°04′58″E / 43.00333°N 17.08278°E / 43.00333; 17.08278
Country	Croatia
County	Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Municipality	Orebić
Area [1]
• Total	6.7 sq mi (17.4 km2)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1
• Density	0.15/sq mi (0.057/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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Nakovana is best known as an archeological site, as it has preserved artifacts indicating continuous human settlement over several millennia.^[3]

1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. ^ Dragojević, Vicko (17 June 2022). "Tajne života kroz tisuće godina Nakovane" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision.
4. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Nakovanj". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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