Katun

Katun mainly refers to a form of autonomous medieval community in the Balkans, generally made up of semi-nomadic herders (see Katun (community)). The term has been preserved in some local place names:


 * Katun (Vranje), a village in Vranje Municipality, Serbia
 * Katun (Aleksinac), a village in Aleksinac Municipality, Serbia
 * Gornji Katun, a village in Varvarin Municipality, Serbia
 * Donji Katun, a village in Varvarin Municipality, Serbia
 * Katun, Pljevlja, a village in Pljevlja Municipality, Montenegro
 * Katun nahiya, a small province (nahiya) during the Ottoman rule in Montenegro
 * Katun, Poreč, a village in Poreč Municipality, Croatia

Other places

 * Katúň, a village in eastern Slovakia
 * Katun (river), a tributary of the Ob in Siberia, Russia
 * Katun Nature Reserve, a Russian nature reserve in the Altai Mountains, Russia
 * Katun, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran

Other uses

 * Katun (album), a 2007 album by the Mexican death metal band Hacavitz
 * K'atun, a period of time spanning 20 tuns or 7,200 days in the pre-Columbian Maya calendar
 * Katun (roller coaster), a roller coaster at the Mirabilandia Amusement Park near Ravenna, Italy