Vuka (Hungarian: Kisújlak) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, in eastern Croatia.
Vuka | |
|---|---|
  Vuka  Vuka | |
| Coordinates: 45°26′N 18°31′E / 45.44°N 18.51°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ivica Bagarić |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 24.8 km2 (9.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19.0 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 984 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 764 |
| • Urban density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Website | opcina-vuka |
In the 2011 Croatian census there were 1,200 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[3]
- Hrastovac, population 173
- Lipovac Hrastinski, population 82
- Vuka, population 945
In the same census, 97.17% were Croats.[4]
Colonist settlement of Bijele Klade was established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[5]
Famous people
edit- Katarina Matanović-Kulenović - first female Croatian pilot and parachutist
- Milko Cepelić - Croatian priest, historian and ethnographer
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: Vuka". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". 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.
External links
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