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1 Demographics  




2 Politics  


2.1  Minority councils and representatives  






3 Religion  


3.1  Serbian Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos  






4 Notable people  




5 References  













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Donji Kukuruzari
Доњи Кукурузари (Serbian)[1]
Municipality
Općina Donji Kukuruzari
Municipality of Donji Kukuruzari
Coat of arms of Donji Kukuruzari
Coat of arms
Donji Kukuruzari is located in Croatia
Donji Kukuruzari

Donji Kukuruzari

Location of Donji Kukuruzari in Croatia

Coordinates: 45°15′53″N 16°29′02″E / 45.264602°N 16.483845°E / 45.264602; 16.483845
Country Croatia
RegionContinental Croatia (Banovina)
County Sisak-Moslavina
Area
[2]
 • Municipality113.9 km2 (44.0 sq mi)
 • Urban
5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Municipality1,080
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
 • Urban
188
 • Urban density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Websitedonji-kukuruzari.hr

Donji Kukuruzari (Serbian Cyrillic: Доњи Кукурузари[1]) is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Sisak-Moslavina County. Donji Kukuruzari is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[4]

It has a population of 1,634 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[5]

  • Borojevići, population 119
  • Donja Velešnja, population 261
  • Donji Bjelovac, population 43
  • Donji Kukuruzari, population 297
  • Gornja Velešnja, population 73
  • Gornji Bjelovac, population 53
  • Gornji Kukuruzari, population 51
  • Knezovljani, population 81
  • Komogovina, population 126
  • Kostreši Bjelovački, population 43
  • Lovča, population 19
  • Mečenčani, population 148
  • Prevršac, population 120
  • Umetić, population 73

    • Demographics[edit]

    Politics[edit]

    Minority councils and representatives[edit]

    Directly 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.[8] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Donji Kukuruzari.[9]

    Religion[edit]

    Serbian Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos[edit]

    Serbian Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Donji Kukuruzari was completed in 1838 while its iconostasis was painted in 1871 by painter Mihail Kutlija from Jasenovac.[10] The church was devastated by the Ustashe regime during the World War II Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.[10] The church's ring-bell was reconstructed just before the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence and it contained some of the icons originating from the nearby prominent Komogovina School of Orthodox art.[10]

    Notable people[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  • ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Donji Kukuruzari". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  • ^ Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.
  • ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Sisak-Moslavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  • ^ "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. III. SISAČKO-MOSLAVAČKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  • ^ a b c Škiljan, Filip (2008). Kulturno – historijski spomenici Banije s pregledom povijesti Banije od prapovijesti do 1881 [Cultural and historical monuments of Banija with an overview of history Banija from prehistory to 1881.] (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Serb National Council. ISBN 978-953-7442-04-0.
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