Grabovo, Croatia

Grabovo is a place south of Vukovar, Croatia. It consists of two hamlets, Ovčara and Jakobovac, in the north, which are administratively part of the city of Vukovar, and have a total population of 47,[1][2] and an uninhabited section in the south which is administratively under the municipality of Tompojevci.[3][4]

Ovčara is best known for the Ovčara camp and the Ovčara massacre of 1991.

Ovčara and Jakobovac each used to be registered as a standalone settlement, but were joined under the name Grabovo in 1991, and subsequently administratively split in 2001.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: City of Vukovar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. ↑ "Naselje: Grabovo-dio(Ovčara,Jakobovac)". ARKOD (in Croatian). Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Municipality of Tompojevci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Naselje: Grabovo-dio". ARKOD (in Croatian). Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  5. ↑ "Vukovarsko-srijemska županija - broj stanovnika po naseljima". PC AXIS baze podataka. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2003. Retrieved 2013-09-08.

Coordinates: 45°16′34″N 19°03′36″E / 45.27611°N 19.06000°E / 45.27611; 19.06000

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