The Free State of Fiume was an independent free state which existed between 1920 and 1924. Its territory comprised 28 km2 (11 sq mi) with the city of Rijeka Rijeka (other Croatian dialects: Reka or Rika, Slovene: Reka, Italian and Hungarian Fiume, German: Sankt Veit am Flaum or Pflaum ) is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. It has 144,043 (2001) inhabitants[citation needed]. The majority of its citizens, 80.39% (2001 census), are Croats. The (in Italian Fiume) and rural areas to its north with a corridor to its west connecting it to Italy.
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