Janja Gora

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janja Gora
Village
Janja Gora
Coordinates: 45°05′37″N 15°23′57″E / 45.09361°N 15.39917°E / 45.09361; 15.39917
Country  Croatia
County Karlovac
Municipality Plaški
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 107
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Janja Gora is a village in the municipality of Plaški, in the Lika region of Croatia. It is located 9 km northeast of the municipal seat at Plaški.

It was historically known as Tuk. Prior to the administrative reorganization of SR Croatia, it was part of the municipality of Ogulin. During the War in Croatia, the region was part of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. The village is eccesiastically part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of upper Karlovac.[2] The village has a Serbian majority.

Omar Pasha (1806–1871), the Ottoman general and governor, was born in the village.

Demographic history[3]
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Serbs n/a n/a 882 (99,43%) 733 (95,44%) 466 (78,84%) 460 (98,08%) 92 (77,96%)
Yugoslavs n/a n/a 2 (0,22%) 27 (3,51%) 121 (20,47%) 2 (0,42%)
Croats n/a n/a 1 (0,11%) 2 (0,26%) 1 (0,16%)
Others,
unknown		 n/a n/a 2 (0,22%) 6 (0,78%) 3 (0,50%) 7 (1,49%) 26 (22,03%)
Total 966 985 887 768 591 469 118

References

  1. ↑ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, First Results by Settlements" (HTML). Statistical Reports (in Croatian and English) (Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics) (1441). June 2011. ISSN 1332-0297. Retrieved 2012-01-29. 
  2. ↑ Архијерејско намјесништво плашчанско
  3. ↑ Savezni zavod za statistiku i evidenciju FNRJ i SFRJ, popis stanovništva 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. i 1991. godine.
Settlements in Plaški
Settlements

Coordinates: 45°5′37″N 15°23′57″E / 45.09361°N 15.39917°E / 45.09361; 15.39917

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.