Croatian Krajina
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The Croatian Krajina is a territory formed in the 16th century on the border of the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire, part of the Military Frontier.
This part of the Military Frontier included the geographic regions of Lika, Kordun, Banija and bordered the Adriatic Sea to the west, Venetian Republic to the south, Habsburg Croatia to the west, and the Ottoman Empire to the east.
It extended onto the Slavonian Krajina near the confluence of the Una river into Sava. Like the rest of the Military Frontier, it ceased to exist as a political entity in the late 19th century.
Historical context
The Serbs often call this territory "Serbian Krajina" because lot of the population used to be Serbian, but Croats call it Croatian Krajina because it is in Croatia, and had a Croatian majority.
During the Croatian homeland war of 1990-95 Serbs proclaimed a "Republic of Serbian Krajina", but it was then reintegrated in Croatia by Croatian army during Operation Storm ("Oluja").
Population of Croatian Krajina (borderland) by census of 1991
Territory of Croatian Krajina included territories of Banska(most of today Banija/Banovina), Varaždin borderland(Bilogora and Podravina), and Karlovac Borderland (that was Lika and Kordun). Croatia was administrativly divided in municipalities in 1991, and previous territories of- Karlovac borderland included municipalities of;
- Ogulin, Gospić, Otočac, Slunj, Korenica, Gračac, Senj, Vojnić and Donji Lapac and parts of municipalities of Karlovac, Duga Resa, Crikvenica, Delnice and Vrbovsko.
Croats(%) Serbs(%) Number of people in municipality *Ogulin 60,4 34,8 29095 *Gospić 64,1 30,9 29049 *Otočac 65,4 31,1 24992 *Slunj 63,8 29,2 18962 *Korenica 17,5 75,4 11393 *Gračac 16,3 80,2 10434 *Senj 92,9 2,2 9205 *Vojnić 1,4 89,4 8236 *Donji Lapac 0,5 97,5 8054 *Sumation 54,2 43,4 149420 *Karlovac 63,8 26,7 81319 *Duga Resa 89,4 6,5 30485 *Crikvenica 85,0 4,8 19154 *Delnice 90,1 3,4 17848 *Vrbovsko 56,8 34,5 7528 *Sumation 74,1 17,8 156332 *Petrinja 44,4 44,9 35565 *Glina 34,9 60,7 23040 *Vrginmost(Gvozd) 24,4 70,7 16599 *Hrvatska Kostajnica 28,9 62,9 14851 *Dvor 9,6 86,5 14555 *Sumation 32,1 60,8 104610 *Sisak 64,8 22,8 84348 *Bjelovar 80,4 8,9 66039 *Koprivnica 89,9 5,0 61052 *Đurđevac 97,1 0,5 40901 *Garešnica 77,5 11,2 18442 *Čazma 91,1 4,5 15263 *Grubišno Polje 42,3 32,0 14206 *Sumation 84,3 7,6 215903 *Kutina 82,9 7,9 39520 *Križevci 94,6 2,4 39248 *Vrbovec 94,0 2,0 28074 *Ivanić Grad 93,9 1,3 25592 *Sumation 91,5 3,8 131434
Results for municipalities which were entirely in Croatian Krajina *Croats (%) 63,1 *Serbs (%) 30,8 *Summations 469933 Results for municipalities of which parts were in Croatian Krajina *Croats (%) 78,1 *Serbs (%) 14,0 *Sumations 372114
As seen in resaults Croats had majority in 1991 census in the territories of Croatian Krajina (borderland). Even if municipalities were riged (which were clearly not) to take Serbian percentage by joinging Serbian villages with municipalities in which Croatians had the majority (that is if we add that 14% percent in municipalities which were partly in historical territories of Croatian Krajina, Serbs would not even then be majority).
See also
- various Slavic placenames including Krajina
- Military Frontier
- Slavonian Krajina
- Banat Krajina
- Croatia
- Republic of Serbian Krajina
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