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Dicmo is located some 10 km north-east of Split, about half way between Split and Sinj. The seat of the municipal administration is in the largest village named Kraj, Dicmo being the name of a karstic valley; no actual settlement bears the name of the municipality. Dicmo consists of seven villages, each counting between 150 and 650 inhabitants, all together over 2,600 inhabitants.
The name of the place comes from Latin decimus, "ten", being at the tenth milestone of the ancient Roman way from Split inwards. Two of the villages are jointly named Upper Dicmo, even though they are downstream in the lower Dicmo valley from the five remaining villages; the illogical name comes from the Venetian rule, when they named in 1699 Upper Dicmo those parts that remained under Ottoman rule.
Željko Heimer, 18 September 2009
The Dicmo blog (no longer online) shows photos from the municipality hall, where obviously some kind of symbols are used.
The flag, provided it is the municipality flag, is blue, and even if it is not visible, the coat of arms must be there, probably in the middle of the flag.
Željko Heimer, 18 September 2009
From the same source, the coat of arms seems to be a regular triangular shield, "Azure a church or within a border of the same".
The church seems to be the St. James parish church (photo).
Željko Heimer, 18 September 2009
