Suhopolje is a settlement and an eponymous municipality in Slavonia, Croatia.
Suhopolje | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Suhopolje Location of Suhopolje in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′N 17°30′E / 45.8°N 17.5°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Virovitica-Podravina County |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 166.6 km2 (64.3 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 29.7 km2 (11.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 5,267 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,237 |
| • Urban density | 75/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Website | suhopolje |
It is located on the northern slopes of the Bilogora mountain in the region of Podravina, 10 km southeast of Virovitica; elevation 118 m.
Population
editIn the 2011 census, the total population of the Suhopolje municipality was 6,683, with 2,696 people in Suhopolje itself and the rest in a number of surrounding villages:[3]
- Borova, population 710
- Budanica, population 107
- Cabuna, population 787
- Dvorska, population 15
- Gaćište, population 221
- Gvozdanska, population 34
- Jugovo Polje, population 319
- Levinovac, population 188
- Mala Trapinska, population 62
- Naudovac, population 146
- Orešac, population 389
- Pčelić, population 407
- Pepelana, population 116
- Pivnica Slavonska, population 53
- Rodin Potok, population 56
- Sovjak, population 13
- Trnava Cabunska, population 42
- Velika Trapinska, population 25
- Zvonimirovo, population 112
- Žiroslavlje, population 74
- Žubrica, population 111
Colonist settlements of Nova Cabuna, Gaćište (Kačište), Novo Obilićevo, and Žirostanj were established on the territory of the municipality of Cabuna and colonies of Čemernica, Međugorje, Ovčara, Pepelana, and Suhopolje in the territory of the town municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[4]
Politics
editMinority councils
editDirectly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Suhopolje.[6]
References
edit- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Suhopolje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN 0351-9767.
- ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. X. VIROVITIČKO-PODRAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
45°48′N 17°30′E / 45.800°N 17.500°E
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