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Buzet (the name Buzet is of Celtic origin: see Buzet-sur-Baïse; Italian: Pinguente from the Latin "Piquentum") is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 6,059 (2001).
Already at the time of Venetian rule, Buzet supplied military stations and the local population with potable water. Today the region of Buze-stina is the central area of the future Native Park of Istria. Beautiful, almost pristine nature and an abundance of cultural and historical monuments, together with wholesome, home-made food (especially that which uses home-grown ingredients, such as the highly-esteemed White Truffle), exquisite local wines, folklore (ancient music playing - lamentations and dances - balun, legends of citadels) and pearls of small towns on conically shaped hills (Roč, Hum, Vrh, and Sovinjak) attract tourists every year.
Buzet has also an Italian community.
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Coordinates: 45°25′N 13°58′E / 45.417°N 13.967°E / 45.417; 13.967
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