Lika-Krbava
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Lika-Krbava (in Croatian) or Lika-Korbava (in Hungarian) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in south-western Croatia. Lika and Krbava are the names of two valleys in the county (Gospić lies in Lika). The capital of the county was Gospić.
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[edit] Geography
Lika-Krbava county shared borders with the Austrian lands Dalmatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Hungarian county Modrus-Fiume (also in Croatia-Slavonia). The county has a strip of Adriatic Sea coast. Its area was 6211 km² around 1910.
[edit] History
The territory of Lika-Krbava county, like the rest of Croatia, became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century, and in 1526 part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia.
[edit] Demographics
In 1910, the population of the county was 204,710.
Population by language (1910 census):
- Serbian = 104,036
- Croatian = 100,346
- other
[edit] Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Lika-Krbava county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Alsólapac | Alsólapac, HR Donji Lapac |
| Brinje | Brinje |
| Gospić | Gospić |
| Gračac | Gračac |
| Korenica | Korenica |
| Otocsán | Otocsán, HR Otočac |
| Perušić | Perušić |
| Udbina | Udbina |
| Zengg | Zengg, HR Senj |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Zengg, HR Senj | |
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