Kula Atlagića ( sr-cyr, Кула Атлагић) is a settlement in the Benkovac municipality, in the Zadar County in

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. It is located in the Ravni Kotari region of

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. The settlement is inhabited by ethnic

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Geography

Administratively part of the Benkovac municipality in the Zadar County, it is geographically located in the Ravni Kotari region of

, in the central part of the country. It is situated 2km northwest of Benkovac by the road to Smilčić, on the edge of Bukovica and Ravni Kotari.

History

The settlement initially consisted of two former villages, Tiklić or Tihlić and Bojište. The first was an estate of the old Croatian noble family of Lapčani and Karinjani. It received its current name in the 17th century from the feudal family Atlagić, which during the Ottoman period built a tower house (''

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''). During the

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(1991–95) the settlement was part of the

Republic of Serbian Krajina The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina ( sh, Република Српска Крајина, italics=no / or РСК / ''RSK'', ), known as the Serbian Krajina ( / ) or simply Krajina, was a self-proclaimed Serb proto-state, ...

Culture

There is an old Roman Catholic church dedicated to St. Peter from the 12th century, and two Serbian Orthodox churches dedicated to St. Nicholas, of which the older is Orthodox since the 17th century as it was built in 1446 as Roman Catholic and dedicated to St. Matthew by the nobles from Karinjani family.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, there were 184 inhabitants. In 2001 that number was 151. In 1991, the settlement had a total population of 913, out of whom Serbs were 855, Croats 43, Yugoslavs 11, and others and unknown 4.Croatian Census 1991

References

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