Editing Hvar (section)

===Administration and population===
The island is part of [[Split-Dalmatia County]] in [[Dalmatia]], Croatia. The island has two [[List of cities and towns in Croatia|towns]] ([[Hvar (town)|Hvar]] and [[Stari Grad, Croatia|Stari Grad]]) and two [[Municipalities of Croatia|municipalities]] ([[Jelsa, Croatia|Jelsa]] and [[Sućuraj]]). Population figures are from 2021.<ref name="crostat"/>
* [[Hvar (town)|'''Hvar''']], the largest town on the island (pop 3,979), for many years an independent commune and major naval base of the [[Venetian Empire]]. The town includes the settlements of [[Brusje]] (174), '''Hvar''' (3,519), Jagodna (43), [[Malo Grablje]] (3), [[Milna, Hvar|Milna]] (77), [[Sveta Nedjelja, Hvar|Sveta Nedjelja]] (135), [[Velo Grablje]] (20) and [[Zaraće]] (8).<ref name="crostat"/>
* '''[[Jelsa, Croatia|Jelsa]],''' municipality in the central part of the island (pop 3,501). The municipality includes the settlements of [[Gdinj]] (122), [[Gromin Dolac]] (6), [[Humac, Hvar|Humac]] (uninhabited), [[Ivan Dolac]] (68), '''Jelsa''' (1,753), [[Pitve]] (90), [[Poljica, Jelsa|Poljica]] (53), [[Svirče]] (385), [[Vrboska]] (542), [[Vrisnik]] (186), [[Zastražišće]] (126), [[Zavala, Split-Dalmatia County|Zavala]] (170).
* '''[[Stari Grad, Croatia|Stari Grad]]''', on the north part of the island (pop 2,772), is the site of one of the first permanent settlements on the Adriatic islands during [[Classical antiquity|Antiquity]]. Today, Stari Grad is the main seaport on the island; most visitors arrive here via car ferries from [[Split (city)|Split]]. The town includes the settlements of [[Dol, Stari Grad|Dol]] (305), [[Rudina, Croatia|Rudina]] (79), [[Selca kod Starog Grada]] (9), '''Stari Grad''' (1,921) and [[Vrbanj]] (458).
* '''[[Sućuraj]]''', municipality on the eastern end of the island (pop 426), nearest to the mainland, where a regular car ferry service connects the island with the port of [[Drvenik, Split-Dalmatia County|Drvenik]]. The municipality includes the settlements of [[Bogomolje]] (121), [[Selca kod Bogomolja]] (12) and '''Sućuraj''' (293).