Editing Sisak

{{Short description|City in central Croatia}}
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| leader_party        = [[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]]
| leader_title        = Mayor
| leader_name         = [[Domagoj Orlić]]
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 |1 =• [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|SDP]], [[Croatian Labourists – Labour Party|HL]], [[Croatian Peasant Party of Radić Brothers|HSS BR]], [[Bridge of Independent Lists|MOST]] (14)
 |2 =• [[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]], [[Croatian Conservative Party|HKS]], [[Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević|HSP AS]], [[Croatian Social Liberal Party|HSLS]] (11)
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| blank_name          = GDP (nominal)<ref name="dzs_bdp_2022">{{cite web |title= BRUTO DOMAĆI PROIZVOD ZA REPUBLIKU HRVATSKU, HR_NUTS 2021. – HR NUTS 2 I ŽUPANIJE U 2019. |url= https://podaci.dzs.hr/2022/hr/29152 |website=DZS |publisher=Državni zavod za statistiku |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>
| blank_info          = 2019
| blank1_name         = &nbsp;- Total
| blank1_info         = €2.169 billion / $2.169 billion
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| blank2_info         = €65,507 / $67,740
| blank3_name         = GDP ([[Purchasing Power Parity|PPP]])<ref name="oecd_PPP_2022">{{cite web |title= Purchasing power parities (PPP) |url=https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-ppp.htm |website= OECD Data |publisher= Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |access-date= 29 April 2022}}</ref>
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| blank_name_sec2     = [[Patron saint]]s
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'''Sisak''' ({{IPA|hr|sǐːsak|pron}}; also known by other [[#Name|alternative names]]<!-- Please maintain the naming conventions [[WP:PLACE#General_guidelines]]#2.The lead and [[WP:ALTNAME#Separate_section_usage]] and don't add alternative English or unofficial foreign names here-->) is a [[city]] in central [[Croatia]], spanning the confluence of the [[Kupa River (Croatia)|Kupa]], [[Sava]] and [[Odra River (Croatia)|Odra]] rivers, {{cvt|57|km|0}} southeast of the Croatian capital [[Zagreb]], and is usually considered to be where the [[Posavina]] ([[Sava]] basin) begins, with an [[Above mean sea level|elevation]] of 99 m. The city's total population in 2021 was 40,185 of which 27,886 live in the urban settlement (naselje).<ref name="Census 2021 general">{{Croatian Census 2021|access-date=7 April 2023}}</ref>

Sisak is the administrative centre of the [[Sisak-Moslavina County]], Croatia's biggest river [[port]] and a centre of river shipping industry (Dunavski Lloyd). It lies on the [[D36 road (Croatia)|D36 state road]] and the Zagreb-Sisak-[[Novska]] railway. Sisak is a regional economic, cultural and historical center. The largest [[oil refinery]] in Croatia is here.<ref>[http://www.mol.hu/en/business_centre/refining_marketing/refining] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501084424/http://www.mol.hu/en/business_centre/refining_marketing/refining/|date=1 May 2007}}</ref>

== Name ==
Prior to belonging to the [[Roman Empire]], which gave it the Latin name '''Siscia''', the region was [[Celts|Celtic]] and [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] and the city there was named '''Segestica'''<ref>{{cite book | title = Celtic Culture | author = John T. Koch | year = 2006 | page = 1662 | isbn = 1-85109-440-7 }}</ref> or '''Segesta'''.<ref name=DGRG>{{Cite DGRG|title=Siscia}}</ref> Writers in [[Greek language|Greek]] referred to the city as {{langx|grc|Σισκία|Siskía}}, {{langx|grc|label=none|Σεγέστα|Segésta}}, and {{langx|grc|label=none|Σεγεστική|Segestikḗ}}.<ref name=DGRG/>

In [[German language|German]] the town is known as {{langx|de|Sissek}}, {{langx|hu|Sziszek}} {{IPA|hu|ˈsisɛk|}}, and in [[Kajkavian]] and [[Slovene language|Slovene]] as ''{{langx|sl|Sisek}}''.

== History ==

=== Roman empire ===
[[File:Maiorina-Vetranio-siscia RIC 281.jpg|thumb|left|[[Vetranio]] coin struck at Siscia mint in 350.]]
Siscia is described by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] writers as a great town in the south of [[Pannonia Superior|Upper Pannonia]], on the southern bank of the [[Savus]], on an island formed by that river and two others, the [[Colapis]] and [[Odra (Kupa)|Odra]], a canal dug by [[Tiberius]] completing the island.<ref name=DGRG/> It was on the great road from [[Aemona]] to [[Sirmium]].<ref>[[Antonine Itineraries|It. Ant.]] pp. 259, 260, 265, 266, 272, 274; {{Cite Pliny|3.28.}}</ref> According to [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] the name Segestica belonged only to the island, and the town was called Siscia; while [[Strabo]] says that Siscia was a [[Fortification|fort]] in the neighbourhood of Segestica;<ref>{{Cite Strabo|vii. p.314.}}</ref> but if this was so, it must be supposed that subsequently the fort and town became united as one place. Siscia was from the first a strongly fortified town; and after its capture by [[Tiberius]], in the reign of [[Augustus]],<ref>[[Appian]], ''The Illyrian Wars'', 16, 23.</ref> it became one of the most important places of [[Pannonia]]; for being on two navigable rivers, it not only carried on considerable commerce,<ref>{{Cite Strabo|v. pp. 207, 214}}</ref> but became the central point from which Augustus and Tiberius carried on their undertakings against the [[Pannonians]] and [[Illyrians]]. Tiberius did much to enlarge and embellish the town, which as early as that time seems to have been made a {{Lang|la|[[Roman colonia|colonia]]}}, for [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] mentions it as such: in the time of [[Septimius Severus]] it received fresh colonists, whence in inscriptions it is called ''Col. Septimia Siscia''. The town contained an [[Mint (facility)|imperial mint]], which produced coins under a series of emperors between 262 and 383 AD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://finds.org.uk/romancoins/mints/mint/id/197 |title=Details for issuing mint located at Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) |website=Finds.org.uk |date=22 February 1999 |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120740/https://finds.org.uk/romancoins/mints/mint/id/197 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Christianity|Christian]] martyr [[Quirinus of Sescia]], presumed the first bishop of the [[Diocese of Sescia]], was tortured and nearly killed during [[Diocletian]]'s [[Diocletianic Persecution|persecution of Christians]]. Legend has it that they tied him to a millstone and threw him into a river, but he freed himself from the weight, escaped and continued to preach his faith. Today he is the [[patron saint]] of Sisak. When Diocletian split Pannonia into four provinces, Siscia became the capital of [[Pannonia Savia]], the southwestern one, for which Siscia contained the treasury; at the same time it was the station of the small fleet kept on the Savus. Siscia maintained its importance until Sirmium began to rise, for in proportion as Sirmium rose, Siscia sank and declined.<ref name=DGRG/>

===Middle Ages===
[[Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia|Braslav]] of [[Pannonian Slavs#Principality|Lower Pannonia]] reigned from Sisak until he was killed in the [[Magyar invasion of Pannonia|Hungarian invasion]] ca. 898.<ref>{{cite book | title = When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans | url = https://archive.org/details/whenethnicitydid00jrjo | url-access = limited |author1=John Van Antwerp Fine |author2=John V. A. Fine, Jr. | page = [https://archive.org/details/whenethnicitydid00jrjo/page/n44 28] | publisher = [[University of Michigan Press]] | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-472-11414-X }}</ref> According to ''[[Historia Salonitana]]'', Duke [[Tomislav of Croatia|Tomislav]] reclaimed it soon after.<ref>{{cite book | title = When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans | url = https://archive.org/details/whenethnicitydid00jrjo | url-access = limited |author1=John Van Antwerp Fine |author2=John V. A. Fine, Jr. | page = [https://archive.org/details/whenethnicitydid00jrjo/page/n194 178] | publisher = University of Michigan Press | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-472-11414-X }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = History of Medieval Croatia | author = Stanko Guldescu | page = 113 | publisher = Mouton | year = 1964 }}</ref>

===Early modern===
[[File:Sisak, dvůr.jpg|thumb|right|Veliki Kaptol]]
The 16th-century triangular [[Fortification|fortress]] of the Old Town, well-preserved and turned into the Native Museum, is the main destination of every tourist. The fortress is famous for the victory of the joint forces of [[Croats]], Austrians and [[Carniola]]ns ([[Slovenes]]) over the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] in 1593, known as the [[Battle of Sisak]]. It was one of the early significant defeats of the up-to-then invincible Ottoman army on European territory. The Croatian [[Ban (title)|Ban]] [[Thomas Erdődy]] who led the defense in this battle became famous throughout [[Europe]]. However this victory didn't prevent Sisak from Ottoman conquest on 24 August 1593. During their brief rule, it was called ''Siska''. Its fortress was manned, a sanjak beg was appointed and a mosque was built in the fortress.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/siska | title=SİSKA }}</ref> On 11 August 1594, Ottoman forces fled and set the fortress on fire after a powerful Habsburg-Croat army approached.<ref name=Mazuran2>Ive Mažuran: Povijest Hrvatske od 15. stoljeća do 18. stoljeća, p. 148</ref>

The [[Baroque]] palace of ''Mali Kaptol'', the [[Classicism|classicist]] ''Veliki Kaptol'', the brick ''Stari most'' ("Old Bridge") over the Kupa, and the ethnological park are the most frequently visited landmarks.

=== Modern ===
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Sisak was a district capital in the [[Zagreb County (former)|Zagreb County]] of the [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]].

=== Modern history ===
[[File:Spomen park Brezovica.JPG|thumb|Monument to the [[Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment|1st Sisak Partisan Detachment]]]]
From 1929 to 1939, Sisak was part of the [[Sava Banovina]], and from 1939 to 1941, of the [[Banovina of Croatia]] within the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. During [[World War II in Yugoslavia|World War II]], the [[Sisak children's concentration camp]] was set up by the [[Independent State of Croatia|Croatian]] [[Axis powers|Axis]] [[Ustaše]] government for [[Serbs in Croatia|Serbian]], [[History of the Jews in Croatia|Jewish]] and [[Romani people in Croatia|Romani]] children. It is estimated that 1,160–1,600 children lost their lives at the camp.<ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=Joseph Robert|editor1-last=Megargee|editor1-first=Geoffrey P.|editor2-last=White|editor2-first=Joseph R.|year=2018|series=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945|title=Camps and Ghettos under European Regimes Aligned with Nazi Germany|chapter=Sisak I and II|volume=III|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington, Indiana|isbn=978-0-25302-386-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nBTDwAAQBAJ|page=74}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bartrop|first1=Paul R.|authorlink1=Paul R. Bartrop|last2=Grimm|first2=Eve E. |year=2020|title=Children of the Holocaust|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=978-1-44086-853-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ|page=42}}</ref>
 
On 22 June 1941, the day [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] [[Operation Barbarossa|invaded]] the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment]], also known as the 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, was formed by the outlawed [[League of Communists of Croatia|Croatian Communist Party]] in the Brezovica Forest, near Sisak. It was the first [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisan]] armed [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] resistance unit formed in [[World War II in Yugoslavia|occupied Yugoslavia]] following the [[invasion of Yugoslavia]] by the [[Axis powers]] in April 1941.<ref name="pavlicevic-2007">{{cite book|last=Pavličević|first=Dragutin|title=Povijest Hrvatske|publisher=Naklada Pavičić|pages=441–42|year=2007|isbn=978-953-6308-71-2}}</ref>
It had 79 members, mainly [[Croats]] with the exception of one notable [[Serbs of Croatia|Serb]] woman, [[Nada Dimić]],<ref name="pavlicevic-2007"/> and was commanded by a Croat, [[Vladimir Janjić-Capo]].

With the outbreak of the [[Croatian War of Independence]] in 1991, Sisak remained in Government hands while the territory to the south was [[Republic of Serbian Krajina|controlled by rebelling Serbs]]. During the war, the Serb forces often shelled the city, causing dozens of civilian casualties and extensive damage to the city's industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/11-kaznenih-prijava-za-razaranje-siska/210542|title=11 kaznenih prijava za razaranje Siska|date=27 January 2007|work=[[Jutarnji list]]|language=hr|access-date=27 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928082601/http://www.jutarnji.hr/11-kaznenih-prijava-za-razaranje-siska/210542/|archive-date=28 September 2015}}</ref> According to [[Amnesty International]], Serb civilians in Sisak and surrounding areas were subjected to abductions, killings, assault and threats with at least 33 killed between 1991 and 1992,<ref>{{cite web |title=A shadow on Croatia's future: Continuing impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity |url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/42ae98ac0.pdf |website=refworld.org |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |page=13 |date=13 December 2004 |access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> while local [[Human rights defender|human rights activists]] in Croatia claim that [[Sisak killings|over 100 Serb residents of the Sisak region were killed during the entirety of the war]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pavelic |first1=Boris |title=Sisak: Witness Reported Ljubica Solar's Death |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2012/07/04/sisak-witness-reported-ljubica-solar-s-death/ |website=[[Balkan Insight]] |date=4 July 2012 |publisher=BIRN |access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> The frontline dramatically moved eastwards as a result of [[Operation Storm]] (1995), effectively ending the war.

Sisak suffered much damage during the [[2020 Petrinja earthquake]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55474230 | language = en| newspaper = [[BBC]] | title = Croatia earthquake: Seven dead as rescuers search rubble for survivors | date = 30 December 2020 | access-date = 31 December 2020 }}</ref> The town, located roughly {{cvt|20|km|mi}} northeast of the epicenter, reported damage to the hospital as well as city hall and various [[Church (building)|churches]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/velike-stete-i-u-sisku-bolnica-je-tesko-stradala-gradonacelnica-se-slomila-potreseni-smo-15039644 | language = hr| newspaper = [[Jutarnji list]] | title = Velike štete i u Sisku, bolnica je teško stradala, gradonačelnica se slomila: 'Potreseni smo' | trans-title = Great damage also in Sisak, hospital badly damaged, mayor breaks down: 'We are shaken' | date = 29 December 2020 | access-date = 29 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFMsLaa1P8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116194738/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFMsLaa1P8&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2021-01-16 | url-status=dead|title=M6.4 Earthquake Hits Croatia - Dec. 29, 2020 potres u Petrinji - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> Most of the damage was inflicted on old buildings in the center of the town. However, early figures estimate that 700 to 1,000 homes were damaged in Sisak and nearby villages.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=U ponedjeljak navečer slabiji potres kod Velike Gorice, u Sisku i okolici oštećeno između 700 i 1000 kuća |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/snazan-potres-u-zagrebu-jako-je-zatreslo-prepala-sam-se-1456939|access-date=29 December 2020 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}</ref>

== Population ==
In the 2011 census, of the total population of 47,768 there were 40,590 [[Croats]] (84.97%), 3,071 [[Serbs]] (6.43%), 1,646 [[Bosniaks]] (3.45%), 648 [[Romani people|Romani]] (1.36%), 179 [[Albanians]] (0.37%), 29 [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrins]] (0.06%), and the rest were other ethnicities.
 
In the 2011 census, the population by religion was 37,319 [[Roman Catholics]] (78.13%; since 2009 again served by their own [[Diocese of Sisak]]), 3,279 [[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox Christians]] (6.86%), 2,442 [[Muslims]] (5.11%) and others.

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=City of Sisak |p1857=15738 |p1869=18669 |p1880=20433 |p1890=22829 |p1900=24277 |p1910=26014 |p1921=26234 |p1931=28799 |p1948=28893 |p1953=34776 |p1961=43382 |p1971=55095 |p1981=59812 |p1991=61413 |p2001=52236 |p2011=47768 |p2021=40121}}

== Municipal makeup ==
The city's administrative area is composed of the following [[naselje|settlements]]:<ref name="Census 2021 general" />
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* [[Blinjski Kut]], population 278
* [[Budaševo]], population 1,660
* [[Bukovsko]], population 89
* [[Crnac, Sisak-Moslavina County|Crnac]], population 553
* [[Čigoč]], population 97
* [[Donje Komarevo]], population 322
* [[Gornje Komarevo]], population 508
* [[Greda, Sisak-Moslavina County|Greda]], population 861
* [[Gušće]], population 387
* [[Hrastelnica]], population 898
* [[Jazvenik, Croatia|Jazvenik]], population 142
* [[Klobučak]], population 68
* [[Kratečko]], population 200
* [[Letovanci]], population 52
* [[Lonja]], population 111
* [[Lukavec Posavski]], population 127
* [[Madžari, Croatia|Madžari]], population 235
* [[Mužilovčica]], population 74
* [[Novo Pračno]], population 444
* [[Novo Selo, Sisak-Moslavina County|Novo Selo]], population 624
* [[Novo Selo Palanječko]], population 517
* [[Odra Sisačka]], population 814
* [[Palanjek]], population 318
* [[Prelošćica]], population 528
* [[Sela, Croatia|Sela]], population 969
* Sisak, population 33,049
* [[Stara Drenčina]], population 223
* [[Staro Pračno]], population 896
* [[Staro Selo, Sisak-Moslavina County|Staro Selo]], population 110
* [[Stupno]], population 480
* [[Suvoj]], population 42
* [[Topolovac, Sisak-Moslavina County|Topolovac]], population 894
* [[Veliko Svinjičko]], population 271
* [[Vurot]], population 102
* [[Žabno]], population 509
{{div col end}}

==Administrative division==
The administrative sections of Sisak are the city neighboorhoods ({{lang|hr|gradske četvrti}}) and local administrative boards ({{lang|hr|mjesni odbori}}). The city neighborhoods are:<ref name="admin">{{cite web | url = https://sisak.hr/mjesni-odbori/ | language = hr | publisher = City of Sisak | title =  Mjesni odbori i gradske četvrti | access-date = 15 November 2024 }}</ref>
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* [[Caprag]]
* [[Centar, Sisak|Centar]]
* [[Galdovo]]
* [[Sisak Novi]]
* [[Zeleni Brijeg]]
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The local administrative boards are:<ref name="admin"/>
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* [["Braća Bobetko" Crnac]]
* [[Blinjski Kut]]
* [[Budaševo]]
* [[Bukovsko]]
* [[Capraške Poljane]]
* [[Čigoć]]
* [[Greda, Sisak-Moslavina County|Greda]]
* [[Gušće]]
* [[Hrastelnica]]
* [[Jazvenik, Croatia|Jazvenik]]
* [[Klobučak]]
* [[Komarevo, Croatia|Komarevo]]
* [[Kratečko]]
* [[Lukavec Posavski]]
* [[Madžari-Letovanci]]
* [[Mužilovčica]]
* [[Novo Pračno]]
* [[Novo Selo, Sisak-Moslavina County|Novo Selo]]
* [[Novo Selo Palanječko]]
* [[Odra Sisačka|Odra]]
* [[Palanjek]]
* [[Prelošćica]]
* [[Sela, Croatia|Sela]]
* [[Stara Drenčina]]
* [[Staro Pračno]]
* [[Staro Selo, Sisak-Moslavina County|Staro Selo]]
* [[Stupno]]
* [[Suvoj-Lonja]]
* [[Topolovac, Sisak-Moslavina County|Topolovac]]
* [[Veliko Svinjičko]]
* [[Vurot]]
* [[Žabno]]
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==Politics==
===Minority councils and representatives===

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> In the [[2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections|most recent election to the Sisak ethnic minority council]], the local [[Bosniaks of Croatia|Bosniak]], [[Romani people in Croatia|Roma]], and [[Serbs of Croatia|Serb]] minorities each fulfilled the legal requirements to elect a total of 15 deputies to the minority council of the City of Sisak; while the local [[Albanians of Croatia|Albanian]] minority elected a representative.<ref name="SMŽ-Manjine-2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z3_SISACKO_MOSLAVACKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. III. SISAČKO-MOSLAVAČKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=14-15 | language=hr | access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>

== Miscellaneous ==
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[[File:Sisak, stará lokomotiva na nádraží.jpg|thumb|right|Steam locomotive in front of the Sisak railway station]]
Chief occupations are farming, [[Ironworks|ferrous metallurgy]] (iron works), chemicals, leather (footwear), textiles and food processing plants ([[dairy]] products, alcoholic beverages), [[building]] material, [[Petroleum|crude oil]] [[Oil refinery|refinery]] and [[thermal power]].

Sisak features the largest metallurgic factory and the largest oil refinery in [[Croatia]]. Sisak has many rich mineral springs ([[hot spring|spa]]s) with healing properties in the [[temperature]] range from {{cvt|42|to|54|°C|°F}}.

The city hosts [[University of Zagreb]]'s Faculty of [[Metallurgy]].

==Sports==
Sports and recreation areas in the town and its surroundings are mainly rivers and alluvial plains. The [[Kupa]], [[Odra (Kupa)|Odra]], and [[Sava]] rivers, with their headwaters, offer fishing opportunities; there is a public beach on the Kupa. There are [[hunting]] grounds in the regions of [[Turopolje]] and [[Posavina]]. Sisak is the starting point for sightseeing tours into [[Lonjsko Polje]] (The Field of the [[Lonja]] River) nature park. The local [[football (soccer)|football]] club is [[HNK Segesta]]. Sisak features the oldest ice hockey club in Croatia, [[KHL Sisak]], established in 1934.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

The local chapter of the [[Croatian Mountaineering Society]] (HPS) is ''HPD "Gvozd"'', which had 61 members in 1936 under the Viktor Borovečki presidency. At the time, it had a [[skiing|ski]] section.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1936 |orig-date=1936-05-15 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title="Gvozd" — Sisak |page=241 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=32 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193607.pdf |language=hr}}</ref> Membership fell to 43 in 1937.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1937 |orig-date=1937-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=221–252 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=33 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193707.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|250}} Membership fell to 41 in 1938.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1938 |orig-date=1938-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=222–254 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=34 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193807.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|249}}

== Geography ==

=== Climate ===
Since records began in 1949, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at an elevation of {{convert|98|m|ft}} was {{convert|40.0|C|F}}, on 24 August 2012.<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|-25.2|C|F}}, on 12 January 1985.<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>

{{Weather box
| location = Sisak (1971–2000, extremes 1949–2020)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 21.4
|Feb record high C = 23.4
|Mar record high C = 27.4
|Apr record high C = 32.1
|May record high C = 38.3
|Jun record high C = 40.1
|Jul record high C = 41.8
|Aug record high C = 47.8
|Sep record high C = 42.9
|Oct record high C = 38.6
|Nov record high C = 30.0
|Dec record high C = 23.7
|year record high C = 47.8
| Jan high C = 3.7
| Feb high C = 6.8
| Mar high C = 12.2
| Apr high C = 16.7
| May high C = 21.9
| Jun high C = 24.8
| Jul high C = 27.0
| Aug high C = 26.6
| Sep high C = 22.4
| Oct high C = 16.2
| Nov high C = 9.1
| Dec high C = 4.7
|year high C = 16.0
|Jan mean C = 0.5
|Feb mean C = 2.4
|Mar mean C = 6.8
|Apr mean C = 11.2
|May mean C = 16.2
|Jun mean C = 19.4
|Jul mean C = 21.2
|Aug mean C = 20.4
|Sep mean C = 16.1
|Oct mean C = 10.8
|Nov mean C = 5.3
|Dec mean C = 1.5
|year mean C = 11.0
| Jan low C = -3.1
| Feb low C = -2.0
| Mar low C = 1.5
| Apr low C = 5.4
| May low C = 9.9
| Jun low C = 13.1
| Jul low C = 14.7
| Aug low C = 14.3
| Sep low C = 10.5
| Oct low C = 6.1
| Nov low C = 1.6
| Dec low C = -1.7
|year low C = 5.9
|Jan record low C = −41.2
|Feb record low C = −29.0
|Mar record low C = −18.4
|Apr record low C = −5.0
|May record low C = −2.3
|Jun record low C = 1.9
|Jul record low C = 5.4
|Aug record low C = 3.9
|Sep record low C = -1.8
|Oct record low C = −7.2
|Nov record low C = −15.6
|Dec record low C = −19.2
|year record low C = −41.2
|precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 49.0
| Feb precipitation mm = 48.2
| Mar precipitation mm = 55.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 69.4
| May precipitation mm = 79.4
| Jun precipitation mm = 94.7
| Jul precipitation mm = 80.2
| Aug precipitation mm = 77.8
| Sep precipitation mm = 84.5
| Oct precipitation mm = 78.7
| Nov precipitation mm = 91.1
| Dec precipitation mm = 68.3
|year precipitation mm = 876.1
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 11.7
| Feb precipitation days = 10.9
| Mar precipitation days = 11.6
| Apr precipitation days = 13.8
| May precipitation days = 13.0
| Jun precipitation days = 13.8
| Jul precipitation days = 10.9
| Aug precipitation days = 10.1
| Sep precipitation days = 11.5
| Oct precipitation days = 12.3
| Nov precipitation days = 12.0
| Dec precipitation days = 12.4
|year precipitation days = 143.9
|unit snow days = 1.0&nbsp;cm
|Jan snow days = 11.8
|Feb snow days = 8.4
|Mar snow days = 2.5
|Apr snow days = 0.4
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 3.5
|Dec snow days = 8.3
|year snow days = 34.8
|Jan humidity = 85.0
|Feb humidity = 78.7
|Mar humidity = 71.3
|Apr humidity = 68.5
|May humidity = 69.8
|Jun humidity = 71.1
|Jul humidity = 71.1
|Aug humidity = 74.9
|Sep humidity = 79.9
|Oct humidity = 82.8
|Nov humidity = 85.8
|Dec humidity = 87.3
|year humidity = 77.2
|Jan sun = 52.7
|Feb sun = 93.2
|Mar sun = 142.6
|Apr sun = 174.0
|May sun = 235.6
|Jun sun = 246.0
|Jul sun = 285.2
|Aug sun = 257.3
|Sep sun = 186.0
|Oct sun = 114.7
|Nov sun = 54.0
|Dec sun = 43.4
|year sun = 
| source 1 = [[Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service]]<ref name= normals >{{cite web
| url = http://klima.hr/k1/k1_2/sisak.pdf
| title = Sisak Climate Normals 
| access-date = 3 December 2015
| publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}</ref><ref name=monthlyvalues>{{cite web
| url = http://klima.hr/klima.php?id=k1&param=srednjak&Grad=sisak
| title = Mjesečne vrijednosti za Sisak u razdoblju1949−2014
| language = hr
| access-date = 3 December 2015
| publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}</ref> 
}}

== International relations ==
[[File:Sisak oil refinery1.JPG|thumb|right|Sisak [[oil refinery]]]]
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia}}

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Sisak is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
|
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Gabrovo]], [[Bulgaria]] <small>'' (since 2004)''</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Twin Towns|url=http://www.gabrovo.bg/articles/index/page:1/lang:en/p:42|website=Gabrovo.bg|access-date=27 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427233938/http://www.gabrovo.bg/articles/index/page:1/lang:en/p:42|archive-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> 
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Heidenheim an der Brenz|Heidenheim]], [[Germany]] <small>''(since 1988)''</small>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Remchingen]], [[Germany]] <small>''(since 1993)''</small>
||
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Szombathely]], [[Hungary]] <small>''(since 2003)''</small>
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Leszno]], [[Poland]] <small>''(since 2003)''</small>
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jihlava]], [[Czech Republic]] <small>''(since 2004)''</small>
|}

== See also ==
* [[Sisak (eponym)]]
* [[List of people by city in Croatia#Sisak|List of people from Sisak]]
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak]]

== References ==

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book|last1=Cresswell|first1=Peterjon|last2=Atkins|first2=Ismay|last3=Dunn|first3=Lily|title=Time Out Croatia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZweAAAACAAJ|access-date=10 March 2010|date=10 July 2006|publisher=Time Out Group Ltd & Ebury Publishing, [[Random House|Random House Ltd.]] 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SV1V 2SA|edition=First|location=London, Berkeley & Toronto|isbn=978-1-904978-70-1}}
{{Refend}}

===Notes===
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Sisak}}
{{CE1913 poster|Croatia}}
{{wikivoyage}}
* {{official website|http://www.sisak.hr}}
* [http://radiosisak.hr/ Radio Sisak - Hometown radio station]
* [http://www.sisakturist.com/ Sisak Tourism]
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Sissek}}

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