The Sibenik - Knin county assesses a surface of 2939 km2, with 5 towns: Sibenik, Drnis, Knin, Skradin and Vodice, 12 municipalities and 194 settlements and has according to the national census from 1991 a total of 152.125 inhabitants. The area covered by the county borders is physically divided into two parts by the canyon cut deep into the country side by the rivers Krka and Cikola and by the Prukljansko lake and the Sibenik sea channel. The river Krka is at the same time a connection that always integrated parts of northern and southern Dalmatia into one unit - the Sibenik region. Due to its geographical location, the county Sibenik - Knin is a specific and complex natural unit, while by its relief, climatic, vegetation, demographic, social, cultural and economic characteristics, the county can be divided into the islands, the hinterland region with Drnis and Knin and the coastal region with Sibenik as cultural, administrative and economical centre of the county.

The coast is very indented, with numerous bays and small ports and more than 240 islands, islets and reefs, with the Kornati islands being the highlight in both number and beauty. Of all these islands uonly Prvic, Zlarin, Kaprije, Zirje, Krapanj and Murter are inhabited. The length of the coast as the crow flies is 56,2 km, while its total length sums up to 805,9 km.

The city Sibenik with 42.000 inhabitants (according to the national census from 1991) is the administrative centre of county. Sibenik has a unique position on the slopes of surrounding hills, north of the picturesque and spacey bay at the mouth of the river Krka, which is linked via the sea channel of St. Anne with the open sea.
Sibenik was mentioned with its current name for the first time in 1066 in the chart of king Petar Kresimir IV., why it is often called Kresimir's city. Sibenik was found by Croatians over 1000 years ago, so it is the only Croatian origin city on the eastern coast of the Adriatic.

The county Sibenik - Knin has an excellent and significant traffic location. It is connected by the Adriatic coast road with the coastal region and by a main road with Knin and the inland of Croatia. Another important traffic connection is the railway leading to Zagreb and Split. In maritime traffic, the importance of the Sibenik port must be stressed, as well as regular ferry connections with Italy. There is a good air connection with Zagreb and the rest of the world via airport "Split" in Kastela (45 km) and the airport Zadar - Zemunik (50 km).