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Gradina is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Slavonia
Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja ...
, in the
Virovitica–Podravina County
Virovitica-Podravina County (; hr, Virovitičko-podravska županija ; hu, Verőce-Drávamente megye) is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, hence the name ''P ...
of
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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. It has a population of 4,485 (
2001
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), 85.6% which are
Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...
. The municipality contains eleven villages:
Gradina,
Bačevac,
Brezovica,
Budakovac,
Detkovac, ,
Lug Gradinski
Lug or LUG may refer to:
Places Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Lug (Bugojno), a village
* Lug (Derventa), a suburb in Bosanska Posavina
* Lug, Jablanica, a village
* Lug (Kiseljak), a village
* Lug, Prozor, a village
* Lug, Tomislavgrad, a village ...
,
Novi Gradac
Novi may refer to the following :
Places and jurisdictions
Balkans
* Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Novi Sad, a city in Serbia
* the former Catholic Diocese of Novi, with see at Herceg-Novi (Castelnuovo), in Montenegro; now a Latin titu ...
,
Rušani, , and
Žlebina.
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Gradina was part of the
Virovitica County
Virovitica County ( hr, Virovitička županija; hu, Verőce vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision (''županija'') of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of ...
of the
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...
.
Notable people
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Boško Buha
Boško Buha ( sr-cyr, Бошко Буха; 1926 – 27 September 1943) was a young Yugoslav Partisan and an honored icon of the Yugoslavian resistance during World War II.
Early life
Boško Buha was born into a Serb family in the Slavonian ...
, famous
Serbian World War II child-hero, member of the
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...
*
Slavko Šajber
Slavko Šajber (25 February 1929 – 3 November 2003) was a Croatian politician, football official and former president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia.
Early life
Šajber was born in Gradina, near Virovitica, to a Jewish family, ...
, Croatian politician, football official and former president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia
Populated places in Virovitica-Podravina County
Municipalities of Croatia
Slavonia
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