Majske Poljane

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Majske Poljane (also Majske Poljina)[1] is a village in Croatia, near Glina.[2] The village's geographic coordinates are 45° 21' 0 North and 16° 8' 60 East, the altitude is 162 meters above sea level,[3] and, as of 2001, the population was 124 people.[4] The village is within the Serbian Orthodox Church's Diocese of Upper Karlovac.[5]

Majske Poljane is the birthplace of Yugoslav mathematician Đuro Kurepa (1907-1993), and was part of Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time of his birth.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mijajlović, Žarko (1995). "Đuro Kurepa" 57: 13–18. 
  2. ^ Wilkinson, Ray. The Long Road Home. Refugees Magazine. Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  3. ^ Majske Poljane. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  4. ^ HOUSEHOLDS BY FAMILY STRUCTURE AND FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, BY NUMBER OF MEMBERS, BY SETTLEMENTS, CENSUS 2001. dzs.hr. Državni zavod za statistiku. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  5. ^ The diocese of Upper Karlovac. spc.org.yu. Serbian Orthodox Church. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.

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