Gaženica is a suburb of Zadar

Zadar

Zadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...

, Croatia

Croatia

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, located about 3 miles southeast from the city center, by the Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

. It is connected by the D424 highway.

Luka Gaženica

Gaženica is location of the commercial port of the city of Zadar—Port of Gaženica. Port coordinates are 44° 05.0' N, 015° 16.0' E ) The area is under a major redevelopment contracted to Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n construction group Strabag

Strabag

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, to be completed by 2013. Upon completion, the port will feature twelve piers: three for international lines, three for ro-ro ships and cruise ships, and six for the ships of the Croatian ferry lines.