Sibenik (Sibenico in Italian) is a city in the eastern part of Croatia, at the mouth of the river Krka in the Adriatic Sea. Canton is the capital of Sibenik-Knin. It has a majority ethnic-Croat, making up 94.02% of the population. The main church in town,
St. James, is the 2000 UNESCO World Heritage list.
Unlike other cities along the Adriatic coast, which were founded by the Greeks, Illyrians and Romans, Sibenik was founded by Slavs. Excavations at castelulu Saint Michael, showed that the site was inhabited long before the actual arrival of the Croats.