Located in inland Dalmatia, west from the town of Vrlika, on the route between towns of Drniš and Vrlika, Maovice spread on 27.57 km2 mainly on plateau Maovičko field (Maovičko polje), at an altitude of approximate 640–700 m, just under the north base of mountain Svilaja.

Austrians gave to the new inhabitants land in exchange for fighting against the Ottomans.

[3] Parts of a settlement are hamlets: Between Gornje and Donje Maovice there is a small Catholic Church (crkva sv.

Jure), which was built in 1901 on the foundations of an older Croatian Roman Catholic Church, of which there is only part of the wall facades left.

As part of Operation Storm Maovice was liberated by the Croatian Army on August 6, 1995.