Korićani ( sr-cyrl, Корићани) is a village in central

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. Before the

War in Bosnia The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

, Korićani was the (administrative) united village. The

Dayton Agreement The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( Croatian: ''Daytonski sporazum'', Serbian and Bosnian: ''Dejtonski mirovni sporazum'' / Дејтонски мир� ...

is divided this settlement into two entities. Upper Korićani is today in the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

, and Lower Korićani in the

Republic of Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located ...

Geography

Korićani is located on the slopes of the Vlašić mountain, in the corner of the plateau between

Ugar Ugar may refer to: * Ugar Khurd, town in the state of Karnataka, India * Ugar Budruk, village in the state of Karnataka, India * Ugar (river), Bosnia and Herzegovina * Ugar Island, census locality in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia **Step ...

and

Ilomska Ilomska is right tributary of the Ugar river in ( Bosnia). It is about in length, and its source is Vlašić Mountain. It is an essential body of water for surrounding wildlife. Ilomska flows between the Žežnička Greda (altitude ) and Javor ...

. In fact, it is enclosed between two parts of

Korićanske stijene Korićanske stijene ( Korićani's Rocks) are nearly vertical cliffs above Ilomska Canyon (on Vlašić Mountain). It is located about half a kilometer from the village Korićani, at an altitude between of about 750 and 1,100 meters. On the right ...

: canyon

and Pougarje. The rocks are bent at almost a right angle, which closed Ugar and Ilomska. It extends to an altitude of 1,050–1,200 meters. The road at the entrance to Korićani plateau

History

In Mediaeval Bosnia, in their present territory mentioned city Oštrec and some other old towers. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

in Korićani were a

partisan Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...

stronghold, especially after the fall of

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(1943). The Korićani were briefly placed patients Central Divisional Hospital, during the “Sixth enemy offensive” (January 1944). Then on 12 Divisional Hospitals (from the hidden gorge river

Demićka Demićka is a river that flows through Bosnia. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Vrbanja river. It rises above the Dunići village at around 1,050 meters above sea level, on the southern slopes of Zāstinje (Backstones, 1,230 m), in ...

(near

Šiprage Šiprage ( sr-Cyrl, Шипраге) is a settlement municipality in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Kotor Varoš Municipality. The administrative status of this populated place was changed – from the local community has gr ...

), on January 4, 1944, dislocated in the surrounding villages and further to the Korićani. However, in the

, the name of Korićani and

is related to the brutal massacre on almost vertical ravine above

. Below part Korićanske Rocks, about miles from the bottom of the village, in the canyon Ilomska, August 21, 1992, members of the army and police of the

are, bursts in the back, shot over 200

Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 89,397 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in ...

civilians (

Bosniaks The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...

and

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). It has been proven and the

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Tribunal in

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. There they witnessed the rare survivorsArchived a
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of Prijedorians from the Camp of Trnopolje (nearby

Population

References

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