Grabovica, Kotor Varoš

Grabovica is a settlement on Vrbanja in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, Kotor Varoš Municipality. Its new village is on the mouth on Grabovička rijeka, and old one at around 3 km upstream of this Vrbanja's tributary.[1][2]Grabovica is situated at an altitude of about 450 m, and the distance from Kotor Varos is about 23 km.

During the War in Bosnia, in Grabovica's Elementary school around 200 Bosniaks "disappeared" from Večići village and its surrounding settlements. Their (mass)grave is not still discovered.[3][4]

According to one of adjudicated optžnica Tribunal in Hague in, in clause 40, among other locations in 12 camps Krajina municipality, states:

"40. Camps and detention facilities, staffed and operated by military and police personnel under the direction of Crisis Staffs and the VRS include directory

... in Kotor Varoš Grabovica School, the police station in Kotor Varoš, a primary school, a prison and a saw mill in Kotor Varoš "...

[5]

Population

Grabovica[6][7]
Census Year 1991 1981 1971
Serbs 870 (98.08%) 1,065 (99.34%) 1,202 (98.84%)
Bosniaks 0 0 1 (0,08%)
Croats 0 1 (0.09%) 1 (0.08%)
Yugoslavians 1 (0.11%) 3 (0.27%) 1 (0.08%)
Others and unknown 16 (1.80%) 3 (0.27%) 11 (0.90%)
Total 887 1,072 1,216

References

  1. ↑ Vojnogeografski institut, Ed. (1955): Travnik (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.
  2. ↑ Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija", Sarajevo.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Fena, Agencija (2013): Obilježavanje 21. godišnjice stradanja Bošnjaka u Kotor-Varoši – Još se traži 277 osoba. Avaz, 3 November 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.icty.org/x/cases/ brdjanin / ind / bcs / br-5ai021007b.htm
  6. ↑ Book: Nacionalni sastav stanovništva - Rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991., Statistički bilten br. 234, Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo.
  7. ↑ Internet – source: Popis po mjesnim zajednicama - http://www.fzs.ba/Podaci/nacion%20po%20mjesnim.pdf.

See also

Coordinates: 44°30′00″N 17°30′00″E / 44.5000°N 17.5000°E / 44.5000; 17.5000

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