Borovo, Croatia
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Borovo (Serbian: Борово), previously called Borovo Selo (Борово Село), is a village and a municipality in eastern Slavonia (Vukovar-Srijem County), Croatia. It has a population of 5,360 (2001), the majority of the population being Serbian (86.56%).
The village of Borovo is located a few kilometers north from Vukovar, and the neighbourhood of the northwestern industrial part of Vukovar, Borovo Naselje (the Borovo settlement) is named after it. Previously a "stand alone" region, Borovo Naselje was built around the Borovo factory, it grew and finally merged with Vukovar. Borovo Naselje sprung up around the rubber products factory, built and owned by Tomáš Baťa before the World War II. The entire town was built around the factory to provide housing and other necessary institutions for the employees. After Borovo Naselje merged with Vukovar, it shed its name and became a part of Vukovar, but it's still known as Borovo naselje among the locals.
Borovo Naselje was also known for its vast sporting infrastructure and facilities that were some of the best in the former Yugoslavia. It was home to tennis facilities, swimming pools, an aerosport club, football clubs and fields, boxing and karate facility as well as a main indoor sports arena, which hosted sometimes even held national Yugoslavian and international matches. Since the war much of these once grand sporting facilities lie in tatters and ruin and are slowly being rebuilt.
In 1991, Borovo was briefly in the spotlight as the site of the Borovo Selo killings.
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