Donji Miholjac (Hungarian: Alsómiholjác, German: Unter-Miholtz, Serbian Cyrillic: Доњи Михољац) is a town in the Slavonia region of Croatia, on the river Drava and the border with Hungary.

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Donji Miholjac
Town
Grad Donji Miholjac Town of Donji Miholjac
Donji Miholjac
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Coordinates: 45.761°N 18.165°E / 45.761; 18.165
Country	Croatia
County	Osijek-Baranja
Government
• Mayor	Goran Aladić (Ind.)
Area [1]
• Town	134.6 km2 (52.0 sq mi)
• Urban	59.7 km2 (23.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Town	8,031
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	5,330
• Urban density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
Website	donjimiholjac.hr

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In the 2011 census, there were 9,491 inhabitants in the area, 95% of them Croats.^[3]

There are seven settlements in the municipality:^[4]

• Donji Miholjac, population 6,240
• Golinci, population 431
• Miholjački Poreč, population 183
• Podgajci Podravski, population 651
• Radikovci, population 292
• Rakitovica, population 868
• Sveti Đurađ, population 826

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Donji Miholjac was a district capital in the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Its name comes from Saint Michael. During the time of Ancient Rome, it was called Mariniana.^[7] There are several suggested etymology for the name "Mariniana". One is that it comes from the Roman personal name "Marinus". The other is that it comes from the Indo-European roots *mory and *h1ny, so that it means "marshy valley". If so, the same root is seen in the names "Mursa" and "Marsonia".^{[8][unreliable source?]}