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{{Short description|Town in Split-Dalmatia, Croatia}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Solin
| official_name      = ''Grad Solin''<br /> Town of Solin
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities and towns in Croatia|Town]]
| image_skyline       = {{Photomontage
|photo1a = Solin kostel Panny Marie ostrovské 3.jpg
|photo2a = Ancient Salona - Solin 12.jpg
|photo2b = Ancient Salona - Solin 61.jpg
|photo3a = Ancient Salona - Solin 130.jpg
|photo3b = 
|photo4a = 
|photo4b = 
|spacing = 2
|color = white
|size = 266
|border = 0
|foot_montage = Solin (''[[Salona]]'') with old [[Roman Empire|Roman]] ruins
}}
| image_shield       = Solin coat of arms.png
| shield_size        = 100px
| image_map = {{infobox mapframe | stroke-width = 2 }}
| pushpin_map        = Croatia
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Solin in Croatia
| coordinates        = {{coord|43.535|N|16.485|E|region:HR|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Croatia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Counties of Croatia|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[File:Flag of Split-Dalmatia County.svg|border|23px]] [[Split-Dalmatia County|Split-Dalmatia]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Dalibor Ninčević ([[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]])
| leader_title2      = City Council President
| leader_name2       = Dr. Zdravko Perko ([[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]])
| leader_title3      = City Council name
| leader_name3       = [https://www.solin.hr/gradsko-vijece/ Gradsko Vijeće]
| leader_title4      = No. of Council members
| leader_name4       = 19
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 34.2
| area_urban_km2     = 11.4
| elevation_m        = 0
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2021">{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_total   = 24862
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban   = 20996
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| postal_code_type   = Postal code
| postal_code        = 21 210
| area_code          = +385 (0)21
| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of Croatia|ST]]
| website            = {{URL|solin.hr}}
}}

'''Solin''' is a town and a [[suburb]] of [[Split (city)|Split]], in [[Split-Dalmatia]] county, [[Croatia]]. It is situated right northeast of [[Split (city)|Split]], on the [[Adriatic Sea]] and the river [[Jadro]].

Solin developed on the location of ancient city of ''[[Salona]]'', which was the capital of the [[Roman province of Dalmatia]] and the birthplace of Emperor [[Diocletian]]. After the arrival of [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]] and [[Croats]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=l6JnAAAAMAAJ&q=slavs A History of the Croatian by Francis Ralph Preveden,1955]</ref> in the 7th-century, the town was destroyed, and its refugees moved to the settlement in and around Diocletian's palace, "Spalatum" ([[Split (city)|Split]]), turning it into a fortified town. In the [[Early Middle Ages]], Solin was part of Croatian territory and played an important role in the [[Kingdom of Croatia (medieval)|Medieval Croatian state]], being one of the political centres.

In the 20th century, the intensive [[industrialisation]] process of the Split basin made Solin no more than a suburb of Split. Today, with its independent municipal status, Solin is part of the [[Split (city)|Split]] [[conurbation]], well connected with other towns. Lately, besides industry, tourism is being developed based on numerous [[Archaeology|archaeological]] sites and Solin's distinctive image that comes from many urban parks along the Jadro.