Geography
| Žumberak | Samobor | Klinča Sela | ||
| Krašić | Klinča Sela | |||
| Jastrebarsko | ||||
| Karlovac County | Karlovac County | Pisarovina |
Jastrebarsko is located in the Prigorje region of Central Croatia, built around the Reka Creek (Croatian: Potok Reka; reka is Kajkavian dialect word for river). On the west, Jastrebarsko is bordered by the Žumberak Mountain (Croatian: Žumberačka gora), a mountain range spreading through southeast Slovenia and southwest Prigorje, specifically Žumberak municipality and City of Samobor. The average altitude of the city is 154 meters (505 ft) and the highest elevation in the Jastrebarsko metropolitan area is recorded on the 1,181-meter (3,875 ft) Sveta Gera summit of the Žumberak mountain, also claimed by Slovenia.
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