Zabiokovlje
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Zabiokovlje is a hinterland, continental area of mountain Biokovo
Biokovo
Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva...

 in southern Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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There are the townlets and villages like Gornja Brela, Zadvarje
Zadvarje
Zadvarje is a village and a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. It has a population of 277 , 97% of which are Croats. The only settlement in Zadvarje municipality is Zadvarje itself....

, Žeževica
Žeževica
Žeževica is a village in central Dalmatia, Croatia with a population of 337 . It is located in the municipality of Šestanovac, 15 km from the Adriatic Sea....

, Grabovac
Grabovac
Grabovac is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Čeminac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. As of 2001, its population is 895 people....

, Rastovac
Rastovac
Rastovac is a village in the municipality of Kalinovik, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Zagvozd
Zagvozd
Zagvozd is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. It has a population of 1,642 , 99% which are Croats.Zagvozd celebrates its municipal day on July 16 to coincide with the local celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.-History:From 1941 to 1945, Zagvozd was part of the...

, Župa
Župa
A Župa is a Slavic term, used historically among the Southern and Western branches of the Slavs, originally denoting various territorial and other sub-units, usually a small administrative division, especially a gathering of several villages...

, Rašćane i Kozica
Kozica
Kozica; is a small village in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. It is in the jurisdiction of Vrgorac, 80 km southeast of Split. It lies just below Sveti Mihovil mountain which is 1247 m high.-Ottoman Empire:...

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Major economic activities there were cattle raising, grape growing, and hunting. Part of this area is in Nature Park Biokovo. From the south-eastern side of the mountain of Biokovo
Biokovo
Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva...

 is the Makarska riviera
Makarska riviera
The Makarska Riviera is a part of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, about 60 kilometers long and only several kilometers wide, squeezed under towering mountain Biokovo. Sunny climate and long pebbly beaches make this region a popular tourist destination...

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