Hrvaćani (Serbian Cyrillic: Хрваћани) is a village in the Kotor Varoš municipality, Republika Srpska entity, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The center of the settlement is at an altitude of 470 m. Along the village, in the direction northeast–southwest, flows the Hrvaćanska river, a right tributary of the Vrbanja river. Its mouth is below the village Dabovci.
Hrvaćani
Хрваћани | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Hrvaćani Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina  Hrvaćani Hrvaćani (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |
| Coordinates: 44°36′24″N 17°27′48″E / 44.60667°N 17.46333°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Kotor Varoš |
| Lowest elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Population (Census 1991) | |
• Total | 745 |
| • Summer (DST) | Central European time |
| Zip code | 387 |
| Area code | 051 |
According to 2013 preliminary data of the first post-war census, 429 inhabitants were registered.
History
editThe word Hrvaćani in Bosnia was used in olden times as another term for Serbs of Croatia.[1][2][3] The name thus denotes a settlement settled and established by Orthodox Serbs from the territory of Croatia.[4]
During World War II, the village was a site of Yugoslav Partisan operations.[5] The village was taken by the Chetniks at one point.[6]
During the Bosnian War (1991–95), Hrvaćani was a site of atrocities against the Bosniak population, covered in several indictments and convictions at the Hague Tribunal. Locals were tortured, murdered and persecuted, estates were destroyed. Locals first fled to Večići, and then, together with other refugees in the region, went further or were transferred to the camp which was in Elementary School in Grabovica, where they disappeared without a trace.[7][8]
Sports
editThe association football club Ravnogorac plays in the Republika Srpska League.[9]
Population
edit| Census year | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosniaks | 480 (64.42%) | 400 (54.27%) | 330 (34.41%) |
| Serbs | 265 (35.57%) | 316 (42.87%) | 445 (46.40%) |
| Croats | 0 | 20 (2.71%) | 176 (18.35%) |
| Yugoslavs | 0 | 1 (0.13%) | 7 (0.72%) |
| Other and Unknown | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.10%) |
| Total | 745 | 737 | 959 |
References
edit- ^ Zbornik Matice srpske za književnost i jezik. Матица српска. 1997. p. 150.
- ^ Lazo M. Kostić (1955). Čija je Bosna?: Mišljenja stranih naučnika i političara o etničkoj pripadnosti Bosne i Hercegovine. Izd. časopisa "Bratstvo". pp. 70, 88.
- ^ Petar Milosavljević; Bojan Radić (2008). Novosadski skup "Srpsko pitanje i srbistika": Becki dogovor, Novosadski dogovor, Novosadski skup i sudbina srpskog naroda. Logos-Valjevo. p. 18. ISBN 9788670560826.
- ^ Milenko S. Filipović (1932). Modriča: (sa 2 karte i 6 fotografija u tekstu). pisac. p. 46.
- ^ Vojnoistorijski institut (Belgrade, Serbia) (1954). Zbornik Dokumenta. p. 460.
- ^ Vojnoistorijski institut (Belgrade, Serbia) (1953). Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o narodnooslobodilačkom ratu naroda Jugoslavija. Vojnoistorijski institut. p. 376.
- ^ "ODISEJA I STRADANJA MUSLIMANA IZ SELA HRVAĆANI". Sense Agency. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "A Survivor of the War in Bosnia Recounts His "Most Unsettling" Memory | The Trial of Ratko Mladić | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site".
- ^ Srpska reč. DP "Borba". 1999. p. 102.
- ^ Popis po mjesnim zajednicama Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Book: "The ethnic composition of the population – Results for the Republic by municipalities and settlements 1991", Statistics Bulletin, 234, Issue National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo.