Široka Kula
Široka Kula | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Široka Kula Location of Široka Kula in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 44°36′48″N 15°27′17″E / 44.61333°N 15.45472°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Lika-Senj |
| Municipality | Gospić |
| Area | |
• Total | 85.3 km2 (32.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 78 |
| • Density | 0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Široka Kula is a village in the Gospić municipality in the Lika region of central Croatia, Lika-Senj County. It is located near Gospić, connected by the D25 highway.
History
During the WWII Genocide of Serbs by the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime, more than 400 Serbs were massacred in Široka Kula.[3]
In October 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces of the SAO Krajina massacred 41 Croat civilians.[4]
Demographics
Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications
The 2011 census registered 116 residents.
See also
Notable natives and residents
- Marko Orešković (1895–1941) - antifascist Partisan; People's Hero of Yugoslavia
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zatezalo, Đuro (1989). Kotar Gospić i Kotar Perušić u narodnooslobodilačkom ratu, 1941-1945. Karlovac: Historijski arhiv u Karlovcu. p. 180. ISBN 978-8680783048.
- ^ Nazor 2009, p. 322.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Široka Kula". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr
Sources
- Nazor, Ante, ed. (2009). "Zahtjev predsjednika Okružnog suda u Kninu Đure Kresovića MUP-u RSK za mišljenje u vezi s iskapanjem posmrtnih ostatka obitelji Rakić iz jame Golubnjača u kojoj se nalazi i 40-ak leševa osoba hrvatske nacionalnosti ubijenih tijekom 1991." [Request of the Knin District Court President Đuro Kresović to the Ministry of the Interior of the RSK for an Opinion Regarding Exhumation of Remains of Rakić Family from the Golubnjača Pit also Containing Approximately 40 Bodies of Croats Killed in 1991]. Republika Hrvatska i domovinski rat 1990-1995, dokumenti, Knjiga 6 [The Republic of Croatia and the Croatian War of Independence 1990-1995, Volume 6] (PDF) (in Serbian). Hrvatski memorijalno-dokumentacijski centar Domovinskog rata. pp. 322–323. ISBN 978-953-7439-20-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-10-24.